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If you need more background, Oracle "still" hasn't made any press releases as to the fate of MySQL. This should be a very big "con", with a huge question mark
by dylanz 17y ago
If you need more background, Oracle "still" hasn't made any press releases as to the fate of MySQL. This should be a very big "con", with a huge question mark next to it. Many core MySQL developers aren't being too optimistic about the future.
- davidw 17y agoWell, it is open source, but there's definitely a question mark as to how many people will be paid to work on it, and what direction they'll be taking it.
- JulianMorrison 17y agoOracle can't do much except at worst, drag a stifling cloud over its future for as long as possible. If they actually stop or stall it, some fork will grab its momentum and run.
- spudlyo 17y agoOracle has owned the important parts of MySQL (InnoDB/InnoBASE) for a few years now, and that hasn't stopped them from fixing bugs and adding features in InnoDB.
- ams6110 17y agoThey've owned BerkeleyDB for a while also, and AFAIK they have been good stewards.