On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 1:53 PM, keith smith wrote: > > If Java slips that might put Flex in place to become the next big language. ? -jmz > > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --- On Mon, 4/20/09, Al Tobey wrote: > > From: Al Tobey > Subject: Re: Oracle buys Sun! > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 1:36 PM > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:52 AM, James Mcphee wrote: >> It was just announced that Oracle is buying Sun.  This is not a drill. >> How >> is this going to play out for Java and MySQL? > > I've been quite fond of OpenSolaris lately.    What I really hope they > do is license ZFS and Dtrace for GPLv2 so Linux can use them.  They > did mention Solaris a bit in the press releases, so it is a major part > of the deal.    It's not a bad OS and is open source.    If they > license it GPLv2, everybody will win in the end.   Solaris will get to > borrow drivers from Linux and Linux will get ZFS and Dtrace. > > As for Java, just look at the nightmare that is OAS (Oracle > Application Server).    Hopefully they'll fire that entire unit (sans > the guys responsible for TopLink) and replace it with Glassfish.   If > they try to use their own Java people, it'll be a mess and Java will > suffer.   That much is proven by their track record with OAS. > > I think MySQL will live on but its name will change to one of the > forks like Drizzle or the other bit one whose name I forget.    Then > again, maybe they'll start adding PL/SQL and other goodies to MySQL > and evolve it into a kind of gateway drug to Oracle, which would be > just fine with me.  I'd love to be able to do full Oracle SQL and > PL/SQL in MySQL and scale up to full Oracle later on.   Almost nobody > writes straight to the C API's any more so it's feasible. > > Anyways, those are my fanboi dreams for this deal.   I really look > forward to seeing how this plays out.   It's definitely going to be > more interesting and less scary than the IBM deal would have been. > > -Al Tobey > >> -- >> James McPhee >> jmcphe@gmail.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss