It seems the European Commission studying the Oracle purchase of Sun/MySQL has finally realized Postgres is a viable open source alternative to MySQL and has approved the purchase:
The Commission’s investigation showed that another open source database, PostgreSQL, is considered by many database users to be a credible alternative to MySQL and could be expected to replace to some extent the competitive force currently exerted by MySQL on the database market.
This article, titled in part, “If MySQL fails, there’s always PostgreSQL”, puts it even more succinctly. I know many MySQL people worked very hard campaigning against approval, and I am sure they are disappointed by the outcome. Postgres users should thank them because even though they lost, their work has increased the visibility of all open source databases, including PostgreSQL.
European Union Recognizes PostgreSQL
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I guess your words count as some comfort… If there’s anything more I can do for Postgres, just let me know!
I would also like to thank you and everyone in the Postgres community for acting respectably during the regulatory process. Some others of our competitors took the opportunity to openly support the idea of Oracle taking over MySQL, apparently seeing an opportunity for themselves in this outcome. I didn’t see much of that from Postgres, which I consider a sign of acting with fair play towards the MySQL community. (The press release after the decision was of course more than fine, since it doesn’t change the damage one way or the other anymore, and promoting your product is certainly welcomed.)
Good thread. Cheers!!
{Amazing|Interesting} that I came across this…
I was just talking about this just a few weeks again and just happened to come across this….
Great thread. Enjoyed the posts..
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