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MySQL gives .NET high five
June 3, 2008 By John K. Waters (RedDevNews)
There was a lot of head scratching at this year's MySQL Conference and Expo when Microsoft was singled out for its contributions to open source development.
"Seriously?" one attendee was overheard asking during the keynote address of Marten Mickos, who was CEO of MySQL AB until Sun Microsystems Inc. acquired the open source database developer for $1 billion in March. Mickos, who's now senior VP in Sun's new database group, pointed to Redmond's work with MySQL in naming Microsoft one of three companies to receive its Partner of the Year awards.
It's official: The future of Sun/MySQL is open...and closed
May 7, 2008 By Matt Asay (CNET Blogs)
The Sun faithful who attended the CommunityOne Conference this morning may not have noticed, but Sun and its MySQL executives were very clear about Sun's open-source strategy going forward, despite news reports that seem to have missed the nuances:
The core will always be 100 percent open source. The periphery...will not. Or might not. It depends.
Review: What Sun hath wrought for MySQL
April 18, 2008 By Fahmida Y. Rashid, (ChannelWeb)
The most well-known open source database for Web applications now has a strong channel program backing it, new features, and a slew of new management features.
At the MySQL User Conference this week, Sun unveiled new features for the database, with a little caveat: The new features, including online backup, encryption, and native storage engine-specific drivers, will be available only for its enterprise subscription customers.
Sun Microsystems has announced a 'near-final' release candidate of MySQL 5.1
April 16, 2008 By Clement James (vnunet.com)
Sun Microsystems has announced the general availability of MySQL 5.1, the latest version of its popular open source database.
A 'near-final' release candidate of the GPL software is available for download now.
MySQL 5.1 features enhancements including table and index partitioning, which allows faster query response times as only the relevant partitions of data need to be scanned instead of the entire table or index.
Sun`s best buy ever: MySQL
January 31, 2008 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (eWeek)
Some people can't believe Sun actually spent a billion dollars for MySQL; I can't believe they got such a great deal.
Open source valuations, competition, downloads, and profitability
January 31, 2008 By Mark Hinkle (Linux Today)
And on goes my fascination with open source companies and their valuations...
I was reading Stephen O'Grady's commentary on open source companies and their valuations prompted by the recent acquisition of MySQL by Sun for $1 billion. He quotes Jeff Gould who logically questions whether Sun can make the acquisition pay-off.
Stephen also quotes a piece from Knowledge@Wharton on the myth of market share.
Is MySQL's fate the future of open source?
January 30, 2008 By Glyn Moody (Linux Journal)
It's not every day that the entire technical press goes bonkers over news in the open source world, but that's what happened last week, when Sun announced that it was buying MySQ ...Sun's move does raise a larger question about the fate of all open source start-ups.
Is the open source IPO a pipe dream?
January 29, 2008 By Paula Rooney (ZDNet Blogs)
Will Red Hat be the only major pure play open source company to go public?
That’s what observers are wondering as more and more open source stars are swallowed up by traditional proprietary giants, with Nokia’s purchase of Trolltech – announced yesterday - and Sun’s buy of MySQL earlier this month being the most recent. IBM, Oracle, Citrix and Novell have also made big open source acquisitions over the past five years.
Making MySQL pay: A question of core and complements
January 25, 2008 By Matt Asay (CNET Blogs)
Jeff Gould has written an excellent piece on the big question arising from Sun's acquisition of MySQL: how will Sun make enough money on the deal to justify the $1 billion valuation? Gould's analysis is generally solid, but he misses a few key points.
Open Source Sun MySQL Will Sun cast a shadow on other database platforms?
January 24, 2008 By Jeffrey Schwartz (Redmond Developer)
It's rather ironic, but Sun's surprise move last week to acquire database supplier MySQL for $1 billion could actually give the open source DBMS a boost in the market, while at the same time bolstering SQL Server.
Following the announcement, I had a chance to talk with Gartner analyst Donald Feinberg, who had some poignant thoughts on the deal. The way he sees it, the deal probably hurts Oracle the most, since Sun has focused much of its database efforts on Oracle and it is the Oracle customer base most likely -- for pricing reasons -- to be looking to other database platforms.