[drupal-devel] Oracle acquires InnoBase, makers of InnoDB engine for MySQL
This is quite a surprise. MySQL transactions, and referential integrity all relied on InnoDB. Now there are doubts if that will continue. It it true that the InnoDB code is GPL, but the brains behind it will now belong to Oracle. Unless someone (MySQL?) is able to rally a community around GPL InnoDB, there may be serious implications for the future. http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/07/2021211&tid=221
Here is Oracle's press release: http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2005_oct/inno.html On 7 Oct 2005, at 7:35 PM, Khalid B wrote:
This is quite a surprise.
MySQL transactions, and referential integrity all relied on InnoDB. Now there are doubts if that will continue.
It it true that the InnoDB code is GPL, but the brains behind it will now belong to Oracle.
Unless someone (MySQL?) is able to rally a community around GPL InnoDB, there may be serious implications for the future.
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/07/2021211&tid=221
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