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Oracle bought Sun for MySQL. All the rest of the software assets were just icing on the cake.
by webmobdev 4y ago
Oracle bought Sun for MySQL. All the rest of the software assets were just icing on the cake.
- mattl 4y agoAnd Java, surely?
- Tostino 4y agoYeah it's a "why not both" situation. They wanted Java for that sweet Android lawsuit, and they wanted MySQL for the support contracts and to ensure it wouldn't encroach on many of the same use cases Oracle database is still needed for.
- LeFantome 4y agoI think the general consensus is that Oracle bought Sun for Java. Databases at Oracle have certainly done better than Solaris though. OracleDB is still a cash cow and MySQL I believe MySQL is still the most popular Open Source relational database ( well, other than SQLite probably ). Monty forked MySQL to MariaDB literally the day after Oracle bought Sun but MySQL remains far more popular.