[Liverpool] Open war: MySQL community vs. Oracle/Sun's mobilization campaign

[Sujita Purushothaman]

Sorry I didn't notice this mail before posting abt this myself.. :-)

aidan mcguire wrote:
> People have probably already seen this on twitter but just in case....
>
> It appears Oracle has mobilized customers to write letters to the 
> Commission and basically dictated the content by telephone. Based on 
> what we heard from at least one such customer, Oracle apparently tried 
> to particularly appeal to customers who also use Java and/or Sun 
> hardware, and Oracle basically tried to capitalize on customer 
> concerns about Sun's overall future in case the deal falls through, 
> while the European Commission's concerns are only about MySQL, not 
> about the rest of Sun. Monty just wants a solution for MySQL (the 
> simplest and most effective one would be for Oracle to commit to sell 
> MySQL to a suitable third party).
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> In light of this aggressive campaigning by Oracle, Monty made the 
> following call on the open source community a few hours ago:
> http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-saving-mysql.html
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>
> Aidan
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