Sun buys mySQL

[Doskono]

Sun Microsystems buys mySQL for 1,000,000,000 (1 Billion Dollars).

Sun is a company which develops and sells computer components and softwares.

I personally think that it's not that much money considering how big mysql is, how big their community is. I love mySQL, the databases I use the most and infact the only databases I use. It's really the most popular through the php community (not sure about other languages).

Source: http://www.linux.com/feature/124833

[Luke Beale]

I heard this was happening.
Its an interesting buy.

[Nomar]

yep, very nice ! Good move from SUN

[Nuvo]

It would seem that $1billion is a small sum for MySQL AB, but the simple fact is that MySQL is freely available unless you use Enterprise Edition.

Another issue with MySQL is that it uses InnoDB as a storage engine.
Innobase OY, the company that developed InnoDB, was purchased by Oracle, which makes one of MySQL's main rivals in the commercial market, and which has also bought the company behind Berkley DB, another database engine used by MySQL.

PostgreSQL is MySQL's biggest free rival, and it's been around for much longer.
While MySQL is funded by sales of their commercial packages and MySQL management tools, PostgreSQL is open source.
MySQL is generally considered to be easier to set up, but PostgreSQL is usually thought of as a more robust database server, though fewer hosts support it.
PostgreSQL is used by companies such as Skype and Sony.

There's also SQLite, which is gaining popularity as new technologies such as Rails do.
SQLite is easily embedded into other applications, meaning you don't need to install the database server like you do with MySQL.
I built a small app in Pascal that could access an SQLite database, retrieve data on games I owned and which would then display the data in an embedded browser (either Mozilla's Gecko engine, or Microsoft's Trident engine... Trident had better support, but Gecko is the better rendering engine).
Because I used SQLite, I didn't have to install anything (I used INI files for basic configuration, making it easily portable).
SQLite isn't as feature rich as MySQL or PostgreSQL, but it does the job for small and \ or portable applications which need more than just flat files.

[CompuTalk]

I think this is great, having a big company behind MySQL will probably spur some good development.

[Adulu]

Nice bought, good luck sun

[rosscheal]

1billion eh God i need to invent somthing

[Doskono]

Originally Posted by rosscheal

1billion eh God i need to invent somthing

It's not only inventing something. It's making it work perfectly and user friendly. That's why mysql is on top!

[rosscheal]

Yeah i suppose i dont think i could ever use anything but MYSQL

[cooluks]

That's a huge amount of money 1 billion dollars...

But worth it...