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Oracle Announces the Acquisition of Innobase (part of the MySQL Database) [message #141451] Mon, 10 October 2005 06:12 Go to next message
Frank Naude
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What do you guys think of this?

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Oracle Announces the Acquisition of Open Source Software Company, Innobase

Oracle Plans to Increase Support for Open Source Software

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 07-OCT-2005 Oracle Corporation today announced the acquisition of Finland-based Innobase OY. Innobase is the developer of discrete transactional database technology, InnoDB, that is distributed under an open source license. "Oracle has long been a supporter of open source software such as Linux and Apache," said Charles Rozwat, Oracle's Executive Vice President in charge of Database and Middleware Technology. "Innobase is an innovative small company that develops open source database technology. Oracle intends to continue developing the InnoDB technology and expand our commitment to open source software. Oracle has already developed and contributed an open source clustered file system to Linux. We expect to make additional contributions in the future."

InnoDB is not a standalone database product: it is distributed as a part of the MySQL database. InnoDB's contractual relationship with MySQL comes up for renewal next year. Oracle fully expects to negotiate an extension of that relationship.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.


Best regards.

Frank
Re: Oracle Announces the Acquisition of Innobase (part of the MySQL Database) [message #141481 is a reply to message #141451] Mon, 10 October 2005 08:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
kiran
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Smile
List Continues.......

Peoplesoft
Retek
Oblix
Iflex
Seibel
Now InnoDB

--Kiran.
Re: Oracle Announces the Acquisition of Innobase (part of the MySQL Database) [message #158897 is a reply to message #141481] Wed, 15 February 2006 00:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Frank Naude
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Apparently Oracle also acquired Sleepycat Software - makers of Berkeley DB (another database engine that ships with MySQL).

More info: http://blog.sleepycat.com/2006/02/next-ten-years.html

Best regards.

Frank
Re: Oracle Announces the Acquisition of Innobase (part of the MySQL Database) [message #158914 is a reply to message #158897] Wed, 15 February 2006 01:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Also they are reported to be talking to JBoss and Zend Technologies http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/10/oracle_opens_source_acquisition/

David
Re: Oracle Announces the Acquisition of Innobase (part of the MySQL Database) [message #159906 is a reply to message #141451] Wed, 22 February 2006 03:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dushyant
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There is a saying. "If you cant compete, then Acquire".

Oracle Boss Larry Ellison seems to have digested this saying by heart and soul.

It is very clear from the strategies which oracle is coming out with, that it wants to dominate entire spectrum of software, whether be databases, enterprise software, CRM, open source, servers or whatever.

The Acquisitions are one thing, Project Fusion is another, it is coming out very aggressively in whatever they are doing.Which is good for us, since we are associated with the products of Oracle in some way or the other.
Re: Oracle Announces the Acquisition of Innobase (part of the MySQL Database) [message #160874 is a reply to message #158914] Tue, 28 February 2006 20:22 Go to previous message
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More information about Zend http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/02/28/zend_oracle_database_php/

David
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