[geeks] Sun to acquire MySQL

[Mark]

On 17 Jan 2008, at 05:10, Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> It's not about value, it is about rivalry.
>
> Sun hates companies like Microsoft, and they know MySQL is very
> popular, so they buy it and then have a database that is more popular
> than anyone else's.

Screw Microsoft (although it is a direct competitor for SQL Server),  
it's Oracle they are after :)

> Since when did Scot McNealy have a habit of making sense?

He's not the CEO anymore, Jonathan Schwartz is...

> :)
>
> NOTE: The above is just a theory, but I bet it's a pretty good one.
>
> -- 
> Shannon Hendrix
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