Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL

Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by accarrino on Sunday September 02, 2012 @11:32AM (#4467209)

the line between what Oracle considers open and closed get fuzzier all the time. makes being a developer a pain in the ass.

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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by luriel on Sunday September 02, 2012 @12:12PM (#4467309)

No, it is easy: avoid anything touched by Oracle like the plague.

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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by mbreese on Sunday September 02, 2012 @12:16PM (#4467324)

Unfortunately, that includes hardware too... A friend had 3 out of 13 Oracle servers die with random memory errors (persistent). Of course, if they had a 10K+ service contract they'd be happy to help.

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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by lttlrck on Sunday September 02, 2012 @01:42PM (#4467588)

How much did it cost to replace those 3 servers? >10K I bet...

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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by derpmeister on Sunday September 02, 2012 @02:45PM (#4467734)

This reeks of extortion. Let's sell the rejects to the customers without a support contract. That'll teach 'em.

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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by quesera on Sunday September 02, 2012 @04:56PM (#4468076)

In the enterprise hardware world, I don't know any vendor who will offer an answer other than "call your sales rep" to a customer who didn't buy a service contract.

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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by mbreese on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @05:36AM (#4478624)

It was a charity donation (by Oracle) of hardware and services, and the service contract wasn't part of the donation. The initial donation was laudable, but the hardware was weak. Needless to say, the 3 dead servers were not replaced.

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