Oracle Users Go Ga-Ga for Open Source, Including MySQL | Linux Today

Oracle Users Go Ga-Ga for Open Source, Including MySQL

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Matt Asay
Oct 24, 2007

“It’s great to be king (aka ‘Oracle’), but apparently the
peasants are secretly in revolt. According to a survey of the
Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG), open source adoption is
rampant within the rank-and-file of Oracle users…i ncluding
widespread adoption of MySQL.

“Uptake is still small, but the cracks in the part iron, part
clay feet are starting to spread…”

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