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

[aidan mcguire]

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).

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


Aidan

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