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Dec
15
2009
451 CAOS Links 2009.12.15
Posted by The 451 Group on Tue 15 Dec 2009 15:53 UTC
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Recent non-Oracle/EC/MySQL news.

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For the latest on Oracle’s acquisition of MySQL via Sun, see Everything you always wanted to know about MySQL but were afraid to ask

# Novell reshuffled its Linux business into Security, Management and Operating Platforms business unit.

# HP partnered with Red Hat, Novell and Microsoft to target Sun migrations.

# The US DoJ …

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Sep
12
2009
EU Should Protect MySQL-based Special Purpose Database Vendors
Posted by Roland Bouman on Sat 12 Sep 2009 16:30 UTC
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In my recent post on the EU antitrust regulators' probe into the Oracle Sun merger I did not mention an important class of stakeholders: the MySQL-based special purpose database startups. By these I mean:


I think it's safe to say the first three are comparable in the sense that they are all analytical databases: they are designed for data warehousing and business intelligence applications. ScaleDB might be a good fit for those …

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