Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:05:24 +0000 From: Rick N <solarux@hotmail.com> To: <lists@freebsdonline.com>, <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Oracle buys Sun Message-ID: <BAY113-W7743B2E2FBFC28E3A220CA1770@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <49EC97DA.5020600@freebsdonline.com> References: <49EC97DA.5020600@freebsdonline.com>
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(Actually) and Histrorically=2C Sun had a lot to do with the BSD's (and v= ice-versa)=2C Bill Joy's early work and contibution to the BSD/Unix which l= ater he took to form a little company called Sun Microsytems in the late '7= 0's. =20 Times are sure a changin'. Personally=2C I can thank SunOS for getting me into UNIX in 1996. In fact=2C I can honestly say that my Sun expertise later proved to give m= e a "LOT" of solid full-time work as a Sun Unix Sys Admin for another 10 ye= ars. =20 Basically we can thank Sun and the Internet for our house and land that my= wife and I own today. =20 Sun was one of the best employers=2C and I know I will never find an emplo= yer as good as that ever again. =20 Sun was to UNIX/Internet=2C like NASA was to the Space Program. =20 I guess (as far as OpenSource...) it's ALL up to the xBSD's and Linux now. =20 Hey!=2C lets buy Oracle ! :) =20 Rick. =20 > Date: Mon=2C 20 Apr 2009 18:42:18 +0300 > From: lists@freebsdonline.com > To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > Subject: Oracle buys Sun >=20 >=20 > I know this is not about FreeBSD but it is about open source and it=20 > matters=2C maybe many of you heard about last news: >=20 > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=3D09/04/20/128246 -=20 > /"Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA)=20 > announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under=20 > which Oracle will acquire Sun=20 > <http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/018363oracleharligekbtSun...>=20 > common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. >=20 > /Some interesting comments were posted like: > --------- > Oracle President Safra Catz was also heard to remark... >=20 > "all your database are belong to us" > -------- > or >=20 >=20 > Thankfully=2C I have recently switched myself (and my clients) over to=20 > Postgresql. >=20 > It was a sad day when Oracle got the rights to the InnoDB engine=2C but a= t=20 > least MySQL itself was in the hands of Sun. >=20 > With Oracle now owning all the rights to what is probably the biggest=20 > free competitor=2C I think the open source world shouldn't put much stock= =20 > or investment into MySQL. >=20 > Is there any anti-trust factors to this? Oracle=2C being a dominant=20 > database player=2C and buying up the biggest open source database? >=20 > Aside from that=2C I find this all very sad. Sun was one of the Unix=20 > innvators from the earliest days. Even when they grow large=2C they still= =20 > seemed like a "cool company." Healey used to personally answer emails I=20 > would send him. Oracle seems to be the antithesis of this=3B major=2C=20 > corporate=2C gouging=2C monster... One can only hope that some of Sun's=20 > culture and products will survive. > -------- >=20 >=20 > Thinking of all good open source software they got like=2C besides mysql:= =20 > openoffice=2C netbeans=2C java ......... is indeed sad that IBM did not=20 > aquired SUN. >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe=2C send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _________________________________________________________________ Share photos with friends on Windows Live Messenger http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9650734=
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