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If you're a U.S. company dependant on MySQL to run your business, tell the DOJ about it so they "have a talk" with Oracle about not killing it. For those that

by mahmud 17y ago

If you're a U.S. company dependant on MySQL to run your business, tell the DOJ about it so they "have a talk" with Oracle about not killing it. For those that are worried about the future of OSS software as part of the Oracle / Sun deal, and the affect (both good and bad) it may have on their business, the US Department of Justice is encouraging companies that are dependent on MySQL / Java to contact them and tell them how the deal may affect their business. The more information the department gets, the better equipped they will be in deciding what their recommendation for the deal will be.

rbanffy 17y ago
"If you're a U.S. company dependant on MySQL to run your business, tell the DOJ about it so they "have a talk" with Oracle about not killing it." MySQL is free software (free as in freedom). Oracle can't kill it. They can try all they want, the codebase belongs to all its users.
- garnet7 17y ago
  "MySQL could be killed, but for Open Source that just means it would branch and be reborn a day or a week later mostly intact and protected by nerds who would by then be very, very angry." -- Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2009/04/sunset/ http://www.cringely.com/2009/04/sunset/
- deleted 17y ago
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