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Solution for Oracle/Sun deal: Make MySQL independent
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<h1>Solution for Oracle/Sun deal: Make MySQL independent</h1>
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Oracle should agree to put MySQL in the hands of an independent non-profit
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guardian, proposes the Free Software Foundation Europe. The Free Software
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community could develop MySQL to its full potential, while Oracle would not
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have to worry that a competitor could take over the database project.
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"Competition in the software market is very important, because it
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drives innovation", says Karsten Gerloff, President of the Free
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Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). "The fate of a project like
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MySQL should not depend on a single company."
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By moving the MySQL issue out of the way, this would make it possible
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for Oracle to quickly complete the acquisition of Sun Microsystems and
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prevent further losses.
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FSFE has published a detailed analysis of the problem that MySQL poses
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for Oracle, and for competition in the database market:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/?p=274">Karsten Gerloff's "The case for independence - Oracle, Sun and what to do with MySQL"</a></li>
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MySQL is the stumbling block in Oracle's acquisition of Sun
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Microsystems. With this deal, the biggest maker of proprietary databases
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would gain control of MySQL, a large Free Software database project. The
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European Commission is so far refusing to approve the deal because it is
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worried about its effects on competition. At the same time, Sun is
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quickly shedding money and jobs.
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