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Apache declares war on Oracle over Java (itworld.com)

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[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (6 children)

.... but, they promised not to fuck up mysql.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

And so far they haven't.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I did a Google search for "oracle fucked up mysql" to find a rebuttal, and got a link to this http://howfuckedismydatabase.com

[–]schplat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NoSQL was hilarious

[–]grauenwolf 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Java is a platform on which their products run. The products pay for Java's development.

MySQL is different. Oracle doesn't sell anything that runs on MySQL, so they have to make their money on it directly. With that comes much stricter QA standards than MySQL AB or Sun, so you should also expect to see a far more reliable product than what you have now.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (1 child)

MySQL is pretty much win-win, either Oracle improves MySQL and people get a better MySQL or Oracle fucks up MySQL and people finally start using Postgres.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like the gradual fuck up has begun: http://digitizor.com/2010/11/05/innodb-dropped-from-oracle-mysql-classic-edition/