[p2p-research] An email today can save MySQL tomorrow

[J. Andrew Rogers]

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Henrik Ingo <henrik.ingo at avoinelama.fi> wrote:
> In short: email comp-merger-registry at ec.europa.eu and let them know
> whether you think Oracle is a good owner for its main open source
> competitor.


The main open source competitor to Oracle has always been PostgreSQL.
MySQL is complementary to Oracle's product line, not competitive.
Oracle does not offer a good low-end product and MySQL can't play at
the high-end. I don't see the problem.

Fortunately, PostgreSQL can't be bought. In the high-end analytical
database market many prominent products are modified versions of
PostgreSQL (Netezza, Aster Data, Greenplum, etc).

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J. Andrew Rogers
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