[TYPO3-dev] Oracle, Sun, MySQL and PostgreSQL

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

On 2010-02-04 17:26:52 +0200, Ph. Ivaldi said:
> You have not any idea of my knowledge about the Oracle intentions so
> "you run before a train".

Oh, I need not to know :) People who has insider's information, would 
not publish anything like that in mailing lists. Such information is 
always confidential and strictly forbidden to tell. It seems that you 
never worked in large companies and have no idea how confidentiality is 
guarded and enforced. You just try to show yourself as a big man :) 
Failed, sorry :)

If you still want to fool somebody that you know a lot, read the 
official Oracle statement first at 
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/042364:

> Oracle hereby publicly commits to the following:
> ...
> Commitment to enhance MySQL in the future under the GPL. Oracle shall 
> continue to enhance MySQL and make subsequent versions of MySQL, 
> including Version 6, available under the GPL. Oracle will not release 
> any new, enhanced version of MySQL Enterprise Edition without 
> contemporaneously releasing a new, also enhanced version of MySQL 
> Community Edition licensed under the GPL. Oracle shall continue to make 
> the source code of all versions of MySQL Community Edition publicly 
> available at no charge.
> 5. Support not mandatory. Customers will not be required to purchase 
> support services from Oracle as a condition to obtaining a commercial 
> license to MySQL.
> 6. Increase spending on MySQL research and development. Oracle commits 
> to make available appropriate funding for the MySQL continued 
> development (GPL version and commercial version). During each of the 
> next three years, Oracle will spend more on research and development 
> (R&D) for the MySQL Global Business Unit than Sun spent in its most 
> recent fiscal year (USD 24 million) preceding the closing of the 
> transaction.
> 7. MySQL Customer Advisory Board. No later than six months after the 
> anniversary of the closing, Oracle will create and fund a customer 
> advisory board, including in particular end users and embedded 
> customers, to provide guidance and feedback on MySQL development 
> priorities and other issues of importance to MySQL customers.

I think it is enough :) Back to your post:

>> Regardless Oracle acquisition, didn't you think that native support of
> PostgreSQL is better for TYPO3 evolution ?

No. MySQL is more widely adopted, so moving to anything else will be a 
mistake in long term.

-- 
Dmitry Dulepov
TYPO3 expert / TYPO3 core team member / TYPO3 security team member 
Read more @ http://dmitry-dulepov.com/