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Kill mySQL and Oracle still has open source competition

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http://forums.opensuse.org – Quote: Let’s say the worst happens. Oracle buys Sun, ignores any promises it made, and manages to kill mySQL. It still has open source competition. Serious competition. The folks over at Ingres have the hardest working PR team in open source. They don’t get nearly the love from the media they earn from their hard work. Kill mySQL and Oracle still has open source competition | Open Source | ZDNet.com Another update: Quote: Some pie crust promises and $72 million should get the European Union off Oracle’s back and let it take over Sun Microsystems. Outgoing EU competition commissioner Nellie Kroes called the moves “significant concessions” but there is little real here. What Oracle gave up for the Sun it wanted | Open Source | ZDNet.com (Distributions)

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