eWeek: Will Sleepycat Save MySQL?

“From the well-duh department last week came the startling
news–brace yourself, this is a real shocker–that MySQL actually
plans to do something about Oracle purchasing its essential storage
engine, InnoDB.

“‘Obviously, because Oracle made that acquisition, we are
evaluating options to replace that functionality in some way,’ said
Richard Mason, vice president of MySQL for EMEA (Europe, the Middle
East and Africa), as quoted in a Computerworld article. ‘We’re not
at the point yet where we can go public with what that plan is, but
we will be shortly…'”

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