On one hand you have this really good opensource database engine that almost every one uses (mostly without any obligations). It's actually a good thing to see all those missing features being implemented with the vast ( how 'vast' is a question though ) resources Sun is able to provide. However the flip side is that Sun may decide not to give out everything :( [ Which would be one of those nightmares to all the LAMP/WAMP people including me]. It seems that MySQL would continue to provide its free version but you have no clue how all these corporate decisions would turn out! One thing that arouses my suspicion is the Apache Harmony case where Sun did not act in a faithful way to the Open source community.
Let's wait and see what happens :)
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Seems to me you are bit harsh on SUN.
I dont think SUN will do anything bad to the MySQL.
Well I hope not :) I'm sure Sun realizes the value of MySQL is really its user base and if they [Sun] are smart they will keep it that way.
However as I said what makes me a bit suspicious is the Apache Harmony case where Sun acted a bit uncooperative !
I personally have no grudge against them :)
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