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[Hans Zaunere]

Interesting developments in the database world...


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Hans Zaunere / President / New York PHP
   www.nyphp.org  /  www.nyphp.com



Kaj Arnö wrote on Friday, October 07, 2005 8:34 PM:
> Dear MySQL User,
> 
> MySQL AB and the Free / Open Source database market today received some
> unexpected recognition by Oracle, through their acquisition of Innobase
> Oy. 
> 
> So what does this have to do with MySQL?
> 
> Well, Innobase is the provider of the popular InnoDB Storage Engine in
> MySQL. One of the things our users appreciate about MySQL is its unique
> pluggable storage engine architecture. You have the flexibility to
> choose from number of storage engines including MyISAM, Memory, Merge,
> Cluster and InnoDB. And with MySQL 5.0, we added the new Archive and
> Federated storage engines.
> 
> Just like the rest of MySQL Server and its Storage Engines, InnoDB is
> released under the GPL. With this license, our users have complete
> freedom to use, develop, modify the code base as they wish. That is why
> MySQL has chose the GPL: to protect the freedom that users value in free
> / open source software.
> 
> In their press release on
> http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2005_oct/inno.html
> Oracle states:
> 
> "InnoDB is not a standalone database product: it is distributed as a
> part of the MySQL database. InnoDB's contractual relationship with MySQL
> comes up for renewal next year. Oracle fully expects to negotiate an
> extension of that relationship."
> 
> We have also issued a press release on
> http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_968.html
> where Mårten Mickos, CEO of MySQL, states:
> 
> "This announcement represents further validation of the open source
> movement. The beauty of open source software and the GPL license is
> freedom. As with all MySQL code, InnoDB is provided under the GPL
> license, meaning that users have complete freedom to use, develop, and
> modify the code base. We are pleased to see even broader industry
> acceptance of open source database technology. This also means that
> database developers now have even greater flexibility to use MySQL and
> Oracle in the same environment."
> 
> For you as a MySQL user, I want to stress a couple of further points of
> the "don't worry" type:
> 
> * we remain committed to support our existing clients and users, using
> InnoDB and other storage engines
> * we will continue to provide development and bug-fix resources for
> InnoDB users
> * we continue to sell to our prospects and woo new users, using InnoDB
> and other storage engines
> * there will be no impact on MySQL 5.0, scheduled for GA in Q4, 2005
> * we will continue to include InnoDB in future releases of MySQL
> * Innobase Oy is a separate company – and is not a part of MySQL AB;
> Oracle has no ownership of MySQL AB
> * we will work with Oracle as a normal business partner
> 
> Go MySQL!
> 
> Kaj Arnö
> VP Community Relations
> MySQL AB