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What happens to Sun's open-source software now?

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http://blogs.computerworld.com – Oracle owns Sun, so what happens with MySQL, OpenSolaris, and all the rest of Sun's rich open-source software now? read more (General)

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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.

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