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Oracle owns InnoDB and Sleepycat/BerkeleyDB, both of which are in active development. InnoDB is also MySQL's most popular storage engine. So I wouldn't fear for

by andr 17y ago

Oracle owns InnoDB and Sleepycat/BerkeleyDB, both of which are in active development. InnoDB is also MySQL's most popular storage engine. So I wouldn't fear for MySQL's future. It wasn't doing well in Sun anyways.

briansmith 17y ago
Now MySQL doesn't have to implement a new engine to replace InnoDB (their previous motivation for the new engine was to keep control of it away from Oracle).
- Keyframe 17y ago
  And now they will have to implement a whole new company. Sigh, I want to feel optimistic about this buyout, but somehow I don't.
  - briansmith 17y ago
    Monty already left Sun last month to start his own fork of MySQL.
    - staunch 17y ago
      The Open Source golden parachute.
      - briansmith 17y ago
        Let's wait and see if he actually makes any money before we call it "golden".
        jonknee 17y ago
        I think the billion dollar exit and then quick departure would be the referenced golden parachute.
    - pbz 17y ago
      OurSQL?