Oracle and Zend announce general availability of Zend Core for Oracle: So, let’s see, first Oracle buys a company responsible for a critical piece of MySQL, the database most commonly used with PHP. Now, Oracle and Zend — the company behind PHP — release a PHP platform tuned specifically for Oracle.
Oracle and Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP company, today announced the general availability of Zend Core for Oracle for IBM AIX, Linux and Sun Solaris, and the beta version of Zend Core for Oracle for the Windows platform.
Gosh, you think Oracle is trying mess with MySQL just a little?
Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL: I guess if you can't buy them, screw them instead. MySQL Chief Executive Marten Mickos confirmed the acquisition attempt in an interview at the Open Source Business Conference here but wouldn't provide details such as when the approach was made or how much…
Oracle Buying Open Source Companies?: Some good commentary about Oracle's aquisition spree. We've talked before about how Oracle is seriously trying to screw MySQL. How much damage would they do if they just went and bought Zend? All of these moves prompt one question, will Oracle start…
eZ components: New competition for Zend PHP Framework: eZ Systems, makers of the ultra-awesome CMS eZ Publish, are expanding their offerings to include PHP components for general (non-CMS) use. This article at SitePoint opines that this is in direct competition to what Zend and Oracle are trying to do. …
There can be no doubt now: Oracle is trying to destroy MySQL. Consider: They buy Innobase, the company responsible for the back end data format that makes MySQL go. They forge a partnership with Zend, the company responsible for PHP, which is the lanuguage most often used with MySQL on the…
Oracle buys Innobase. MySQL between rock and hard place?: This is interesting. Oracle bought Innobase, which is a close partner of MySQL, that company having used InnoDB as a storage architecture for years. MySQL is now faced with the prospect of licensing technology they cannot ship without…