[ Thanks to Mark
Brunelli and Peter Parker for these
links. ]
“How do you respond to those IT executives, like Tim
Vaverchak of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who are unsure of
switching to an open source database app like
EnterpriseDB?“Andy Astor: How can I put this? Databases are
sticky. People who are have been using a database for a long period
of time tend to know the subtleties and intricacies of that
database and tend to not want to switch that easily. Frankly, DBAs,
as a group, tend to be focused on the databases that they are an
expert in. They tend to be very, very concerned with stability and
reducing risk, and that is appropriate because that’s their job–to
keep those databases running…”
“Speaking at the Open Source Business Conference, SleepyCat CEO
Michael Olson said he believes Oracle’s takeover of Innobase, the
Finnish developer of InnoDB, a discrete open source transactional
database technology that ships with MySQL, is an acknowledgement of
the growing importance of open source and of MySQL in
particular.“‘Any attempt to disrupt a competitor is an acknowledgement that
the competitor matters,’ Olson said. ‘And I think that acquisition
was in significant part an attempt to disrupt MySQL’s
business…'”
“Speaking to SearchOpenSource.com in between sessions at the
Open Source Business Conference, Roberts said downloads of his
company’s open source CRM suite have ‘skyrocketed’ as a result of
customer apprehension over Oracle’s recent string of high-profile
CRM acquisitions. That’s why Roberts has a message for Oracle CEO
Larry Ellison.“‘I can’t thank Larry enough,’ Roberts said. ‘It’s been really
good for us as a company…'”
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