MySQL终于对Oracle咄咄逼人的收购攻势做出反应,收购了Netfrastructure, Inc.,也就是Firebird(开放源码版的InterBase)创始人Jim Starkey的公司。
看看Jim Starkey给Firebird社区的公开信,提到Netfrastructure和Firebird几乎不可能融合,暗示MySQL此举不是针对Firebird的。众多回复比较好玩,比如Cantu这么写:
I’m not sure about what exactly will be Jim’s work at MySQL, but look:
1) Oracle bought InnoDB Both are used as “enhanced” MySQL engines, offering Transaction Control and other “advanced” features to the basic MySQL. Now MySQL AB gets Jim Starkey, a man with great knowledge of how to implement all of this “hard stuff” (versioning, transactions, etc). Will MySQL start their own “enhanced” engine? Will Jim lead this work? Was MySQL worried about Firebird 3? Just some thoughs… |
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Oracle的死对头SAP开放MaxDB源代码送给MySQL,两者结盟针对谁不言而喻;于是刚结束PeopleSoft吞并战,Oracle就转过头来买下InnoDB和BerkeleyDB,断了MySQL的粮道;没想到MySQL不肯下嫁,又抄了Firebird的后路……后续剧情上演中。猜猜看,到底谁会是吴王夫差?