[mdlug] Open source MySQL - MySQL Creator: Oracle to Purchase Sun which Owns M ySQL

[Aaron Kulkis]

David Lane wrote:
> Has it been done?
> 
> If so Who?
> 
> It is possable that Oracle is trying to be an IBM I think one stratigy is to recaptiure their market share.
> 
> David C. Lane
> 

Personally, I don't know how Oracle can be allowed to buy
Sun AND KEEP MySQL without creating a legal paradox.

It's in Oracle's financial best interest for MySQL to be
as worthless as possible as compared to Oracle's other
offerings.  As a company listed on the stock exchanges, Oracle's
officers are LEGALLY required to try to make as much money as
possible, which means MySQL to be as worthless as possible.
For a publicly held company, loss-leaders are not allowed
unless part of some grand strategy in which the loss-leader
creates more revenue in the long run.  Oracle's lawyers will
have a difficult time selling the argument that a capable
MySQL, and a constantly-improved one at that, will maximize
the revenue from the rest of their products.