InfoWorld logo InfoWorld 1 month ago

Many open-sourcers back an Oracle takeover of MySQL

A number of influential members of the open-source community are raising their voices about Oracle's pending takeover of the open source MySQL database. Full Article at InfoWorld

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  1. I may be a contrarian on this, but I don't think Oracle will have any dramatically-enhanced market power
    Mark Shuttleworth – Mark Shuttleworth SOURCE: InfoWorld 1 month ago
  2. I may be a contrarian on this, but I don't think Oracle will have any dramatically-enhanced market power
    Mark Shuttleworth – Mark Shuttleworth SOURCE: The Industry Standard 1 month ago
  3. Commissioner Kroes expressed her disappointment that Oracle had failed to produce, despite repeated requests, either hard evidence that there were no competition problems or, alternatively, proposals for a remedy to the competition problems identified by the (European) Commission
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