In a Nutshell this situation is getting out of hand right from the Old days of MySQL 4.X the big Database vendors (Oracle, IBM, M$)were not worried about MySQL after all MySQL occupied the web space and that was pretty much it. There came a time when something happened that nobody expected but anticipated. MySQL 5 introduced stored proceedures, views, triggers etc, InnoDB was unofficial replaced by XtraDB which in my opinion is a much better storage engine. With Oracles level of support towards InnoDB was a sign of things to come. Anyway, that aside, I know this hasn't happened in Africa but in the west we have Big companies using MySQL for their Enterprise operation in favor of Oracle and that is not good news for Oracle and therefore even though Oracle will not totally Kill MySQL for their own good... there are already existing customer some of who dumped Oracle in favor of MySQL. Oracle i giving no guarantee on the direction the growth of MySQL takes and it doesn't guarantee all of the MySQL or any part of it wont become closed source. Oracle's feelings towards Open Source Precede them. If Oracle puts any restrictions on the MySQl source it will also affect MariaDB which uses a lot of code out of the MySQL 5.1 Tree. Its just a few days now so lets see what the European Union says about this. Steve Obbayi SKYPE: sobbayi US: +1 202 297 6831 +1 202 470 0525 KE: +254 722 627 691 http://sobbayi.com http://blog.sobbayi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Muchemi" <pmuchemi@gmail.com> To: bmwagiru@gmail.com, "Skunkworks Forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 8:54:41 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Help Saving MySQL monty & co pocketed $1b from Sun for MySQL. why the crocodile tears. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Bernard Mwagiru < bmwagiru@gmail.com > wrote: Even though Oracle insist that Mysql is safe, I just hope the open database alliance will provide the support that MariaDB (Monty AB) really needs. bernard -----Original Message----- From: Steve Obbayi Sent: 14/12/2009 4:34:23 pm Subject: [Skunkworks] Help Saving MySQL http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-saving-mysql.html Steve Obbayi SKYPE: sobbayi US: +1 202 297 6831 KE: +254 722 627 691 http://sobbayi.com http://blog.sobbayi.com _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co..ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co..ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general -- Regards http://www.software.co.ke ------------------------------------------------------------------ "What makes it remarkable is how well the software works. This software never crashes. It never needs to be re-booted. This software is bug-free. It is perfect, as perfect as human beings have achieved" _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general