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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by skymt on Sunday September 02, 2012 @12:07PM (#4467298)
Isn't that what MariaDB is for?
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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by masklinn on Sunday September 02, 2012 @01:02PM (#4467473)
MariaDB is by Monty, creator of MySQL who previously sold-then-forked it. So there's no guarantee the same thing won't happen to it (quite the opposite really).
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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by fhars on Sunday September 02, 2012 @02:14PM (#4467665)
He does no longer own the exclusive rights to the code (they are Oracle's now) and so can only publish under the GPL.
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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by siloraptor on Sunday September 02, 2012 @12:24PM (#4467350)
Yes, Drizzle and MariaDB are two MySQL forks that are gaining good momentum. Let hope another OpenOffice -> LibreOffice move can be done again.
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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by protomyth on Sunday September 02, 2012 @05:34PM (#4468192)
An honest question, why support the people who caused this situation in the first place? It really seems like supporting other groups would be more appropriate.
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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by elchief on Sunday September 02, 2012 @07:13PM (#4468495)
I agree. They shafted us once already.
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Re:Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL by zxter on Monday September 03, 2012 @10:15AM (#4470423)
I also agree. But at least they sold it to Sun, not Oracle.
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