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Oracle buys Sun

Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
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Oracle buys Sun

 #135549  by SineSwiper
 
I'm sure everybody has heard this. This is huge! What the hell is going to happen to Java, MySQL, OpenOffice, Solaris?

 #135561  by Mental
 
The only one I'm seriously worried about is MySQL, since that's the one that Oracle's technology base is in the most direct competition with. I'll have to stay abreast of that one, since my personal planning Wiki on my computer is MySQL-based.

 #135565  by SineSwiper
 
Many, MANY things are based on a MySQL DB. That's one I'm keeping an eye on, too.

 #135574  by bovine
 
I was unaware that a poster on this forum had the capital to buy such a large company.

 #135575  by Julius Seeker
 
bovine wrote:I was unaware that a poster on this forum had the capital to buy such a large company.
I know, quite a surprise. Especially when he told me his next big purchase was a DSi.

 #135576  by Tessian
 
bovine wrote:I was unaware that a poster on this forum had the capital to buy such a large company.
You kidding me? Oracle bought Siebel last year-- the man's loaded!

 #135578  by SineSwiper
 
Best article I've read on this matter. Includes such gems like:
TFA wrote:Sun guy: "Mr customer, you need an affordable Sun StorageTek 2530 array which delivers reliable RAID functionality and the highest availability in its class. The flexible, high-density SAS array is easy to deploy and optimized for rack-intensive environments. Try it free."

Customer: "Sounds good. But what about the Open Storage 7000?"

Sun guy: "Good point. Our Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System represent a radically simpler and more powerful way to manage enterprise storage at a fraction of the cost of competing systems and delivers the best $/IOP, $/GB and watts/IOP in the enterprise storage market. Based on industry-leading server and operating system technology, Sun opens the closed world of storage systems to innovation and market choice. By delivering industry-standard hardware and releasing a comprehensive suite of storage software to open source via the OpenSolaris Storage community, Sun has broken the final barriers to building state-of-the-art storage systems with truly open architectures. Try it free."

Customer: "You mean it opens the closed world of storage systems, closed storage systems like the StorageTek 2530?"

Sun guy: "Er, exactly!"
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