I’ve been thinking about this for the last day or so and have come to the conclusion that Oracle’s acquisition of Sleepycat Software (and Berkeley DB) is not about MySQL.
Oracle Has MySQL By The Throat
By following last November’s purchase of InnoDB with the recent acquisition of Sleepycat Software, all Larry Ellison has to do is squeeze hard to kill corporate usage of MySQL.
Oracle Buys Berkeley DB, Sleepycat Software
Wow, the rumors were true. Oracle is snapping up Open Source Database companies now.
Oracle Pushing Fusion To Critical Mass
The efforts at making its acquisitions of PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and Siebel all play nice with Oracle applications has reached a halfway mark.
Sun Giving Oracle Money
Investors in Sun Microsystems have another reason to be concerned about the company’s direction, as Sun plans to pay the initial license fee for Oracle Enterprise Edition database software on its high-end hardware.
10 Steps to the Oracle 10g Exams
Preparing and passing an Oracle 10g exam is a great achievement. The right steps and the proper resources are the keys.
Search Engines, Teens, and the Southern Oracle
In a study that is both interesting and destined to get more attention than it should, A Couple of Chicks Marketing has published the findings of a 125-student survey on search engine use and online travel brands.
Oracle Wants Smackdown On Salesforce
A couple of months ago, Oracle added Siebel to the fold and in the process began their squeeze of rivals like Saleforce.com. At this point, Oracle said they have no plans to buy Salesforce. Instead Oracle plans to rub out the CRM.
Oracle, Innobase and MySQL
One of the biggest events in the database industry in recent weeks has certainly been Oracle’s purchase of the Finnish company Innobase. After six weeks other have been seriously considering their options, including the open-source database, MySQL.
IBM, Oracle Standardizing Web Services
Sometimes a great joke never dies. Just substitute “Web” for “Unix” in the following canonical one-liner and you’ll see what I mean: “The nice thing about Unix standards is that there are so many to choose from.”