[development] Oracle buys SleepyCat

[Khalid B]

On 2/15/06, Kieran Lal <kieran at civicspacelabs.org> wrote:
> On Feb 15, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Khalid B wrote:
>
> http://www.mysql.com/products/maxdb/features.html
>
> No. It doesn't have transactions. Only InnoDB and BDB do.
> "MaxDB is a heavy-duty, SAP-certified open source database for OLTP(Online
> transaction processing) and OLAP(Online Application process) usage which
> offers high reliability, availability, scalability and a very comprehensive
> feature set."
>
> From http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/pdf/whitepaper.pdf
>
> "MaxDB is never in transactionless mode."
>
> "MaxDB is additionally available as open source under the GNU General Public
> Licence (GPL), the most popular open source license."

Interesting. So there is a documentation bug here.