Sun makes MySQL theirsFor a billion dollars or soBy INQUIRER Newsdesk: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 3:05 PMSIN MICROSYSTEMS said it is buying MySQL AB, an open sorcerer, for around about a billion dollars.Sun says such industry luminaries as Facebook, Google, Nokia,and China Mobile all rely on MySQL. And it reckons "synergies" and things will flow like wine from a broken bottle.It also reckons Sun will "greatly extend the commercial appeal of MySQL's offerings and improve its value proposition". That remains to be seen, of course.Bloke with silly hair, Jonathan Schwartz, said:"MySQL's employees and culture, along with its near ubiquity across the Web, make it an ideal fit with Sun's open approach to network innovation.""This announcement boosts our investments into the communities at the heart of innovation on the Internet and of enterprises that rely on technology as a competitive weapon," he blathered.
MySQL remains Open SaucePuts off closed source plansBy Nick Farrell: Wednesday, 07 May 2008, 8:38 AMMYSQL has decided to abandon its plans to take some of its database software out of the open source community's paws.According to VP Kaj Arno's bog here MySQL is forgoing close sourcing portions of the MySQL Server.There were dark rumours that the company was preparing to close source the server's backup, encryption, and storage engines.Kaj said that everything will remain fully functional and open source, as will the MySQL Connectors.This does not mean that it will be always so. But there have been slightly stronger messages emerging from Sun over its commitment to Open Sauce.
