Oracle is in a Shopping Mood Lately
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 to play hard ball with these companies other database clients? Zend for instance has been pushing for more DB2 (IBM’s database server), if Oracle were to own Zend would this trend stop? Would Oracle direct these three companies focus resources to make their products work best with the Oracle database and let community worry about supporting everyone else?
There are rumors today that Oracle is about to announce the aquisition of JBoss.
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Red Hat Buys JBoss, Plus an Opinion or Two on the Business of Open Source
Red Hat Signs Agreement to Acquire JBoss: This is interesting, but we all knew it was coming. Red Hat will acquire JBoss for approximately $350 million in initial consideration, plus approximately $70 million subject to the achievement of certain future performance metrics. The transaction consideration is composed of approximately…
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Oracle 10g Express Edition
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 and Zend: PHP Buddies?
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…
Oracle Buys Innobase
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…
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