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Re: Sun to acquire MySQL AB...



 On Jan 16, 2008 10:13 AM, Seth Gordon <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> ...for approximately <dr-evil>one billion dollars</dr-evil>. 
> 
> Note that InnoDB, the database engine that MySQL uses for ACIDity, is 
> owned by Oracle, which is sorta kinda Sun's competitor. 
> 
> Press release: http://mysql.com/news-and-events/sun-to-acquire-mysql.html
> 

I expect this will push MySQL to finish development on their falcon engine. 

http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Falcon

-- 
-matt 

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