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Geek Culture / Oracle purchased Sun

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Phaelax
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Posted: 21st Apr 2009 00:50
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Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who's looked at Slashdot today, but I wanted to mention it here. I wonder how this will affect MySql and other things. For anyone who's used Oracle software (front-end, not there database) then you know what terrible UIs they want the world to use.

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Rudolpho
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Posted: 21st Apr 2009 16:08
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Haha, just got to say that I first thought you meant that some hippie had purchased the sun (don't ask me how that would have happened)

Well, doesn't sound like too good news to me though.

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Eddie Gordo
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Posted: 21st Apr 2009 17:02
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I'm more concerned about the Sparc Architecture and their hardware and the Solaris operating system as well. Oracle switched out from Solaris ages ago so I don't know if they would keep it around. Sparc is sure to be dead. Fujitsu will pick it up as a novelty I'm sure. It wont affect MySQL since if it did someone would fork it.


Still have to have investor approval beforehand.

I for one do not welcome our new Sun-Oracle overlords!

~Cyrano De Bergerac~
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Posted: 21st Apr 2009 20:29
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I have a friend called oracle who runs a company called sun XD
This is slightly ore rational.

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Mr Z
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Posted: 21st Apr 2009 22:49
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Ohhhhh... hope this doesn´t strike at, for example, Solaris.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2009 21:55
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Quote: "Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who's looked at Slashdot today, but I wanted to mention it here. I wonder how this will affect MySql and other things. For anyone who's used Oracle software (front-end, not there database) then you know what terrible UIs they want the world to use."


*cries every time he has to use the oracle gui*

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