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Imagine what SUN could have built, if they had $1 billion in cash to spent on a Database. Stupid managers wouldn't let them, but they spent $1 billion on a hype
by X4 13y ago
Imagine what SUN could have built, if they had $1 billion in cash to spent on a Database. Stupid managers wouldn't let them, but they spent $1 billion on a hyped DB with questionable quality.
- mbreese 13y agoI always thought of the MySQL purchase as a last desperate attempt to get their geek mojo back. Not something that they could have done with an in house solution (quickly). It still didn't work, but I don't think they were just trying to buy a database.
- mcosta 13y agoYou can't buy user base.