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Jan 30, 2003, 13 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (7286 reads)

(Other stories by Robert McMillan)

"In 1998, Oracle gave open source software a huge credibility boost by being one of the first companies to invest in then-fledgling Linux distributor Red Hat Software. Company CEO Larry Ellison has always maintained that Linux represents Oracle's best shot to dominate the commodity Intel hardware platform, but ask him about MySQL and you'll be lucky to get a curt dismissal.

"Oracle may love Linux, and its recently announced cluster file system may be GPL'd, but Ellison's company is--first and foremost--all about closed source..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Larry claims PostgreSQL and MySQL don&#3 ...   Haha   
Anthony Awtrey
Jan 30, 2003, 13:38:00
 
Hi Larry!Nice to see you calling MS soft ...   Big tough Larry   
Mark Veltzer
Jan 30, 2003, 14:23:01
 
>>Larry claims PostgreSQL and MySQL don& ...   Re: Haha   
hindenburg
Jan 30, 2003, 15:21:54
 
There is no open source database that co ...   He's basically right   
Bryan Taylor
Jan 30, 2003, 16:35:51
 
At this point in time, Ellison is correc ...   He truly doesn't see it coming ....   
Ack
Jan 30, 2003, 17:21:41
 
There are many situations where open sou ...   Bryan, you're right however...   
david
Jan 30, 2003, 17:24:21
 
As usual, people need to use the right t ...   Right tool for the right job   
Todd R.
Jan 30, 2003, 18:41:24
 
The quality of the Oracle database is ex ...   Oracle is good but expen$ive   
Joe User
Jan 30, 2003, 21:20:33
 
The quality of the Oracle database is ex ...   Re: Oracle is good but expen$ive   
Jean Utilisateur
Jan 30, 2003, 22:45:39
 
> >>Doesn't Larry realize that datab ...   Re: Re: Haha   
Walker J. Seestedt
Jan 30, 2003, 23:47:42
 
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