Re: Sun to acquire MySQL AB...

["Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS" <user=91@nabble.blu.org>]

$1,000,000,000 worth of USD 

Quite a payoff for Monte. 

Ruben 

On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 10:15:18AM -0500, Matt Shields wrote: 
> On Jan 16, 2008 10:13 AM, Seth Gordon <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > ...for approximately <dr-evil>one billion dollars</dr-evil>. 
> > 
> > Note that InnoDB, the database engine that MySQL uses for ACIDity, is 
> > owned by Oracle, which is sorta kinda Sun's competitor. 
> > 
> > Press release: http://mysql.com/news-and-events/sun-to-acquire-mysql.html
> > 
> 
> I expect this will push MySQL to finish development on their falcon engine. 
> 
> http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Falcon
> 
> -- 
> -matt 
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