Battleangel

There are a few software companies with integrity left that you can trust, and one of them is Swedish MySQL AB. In a rare business moment, MySQL turned down an offer from Oracle, staunchly declaring that “we will be part of a larger company, but it will be called MySQL.”

What immediately ensued of course upon learning of this shocking bid, and the integrity of MySQL AB was a slew of attacks on the company and their flagship database product. Despite recent tests putting MySQL neck to neck with the far more expensive and boastful competition, some people just can’t get over how good MySQL really is. Nor can they stomach MySQL’s insistence upon open-source GPL and fighting the good fight against software patents. Bottom line, there are more than one reason for Oracle and other greedy corporations wanting to break MySQL. For some time now, Oracle has been working to corner MySQL and I guess the plan is to either force them to sell or run them out of business. What this would mean for end-users is hard to say though. Most likely the free version licence would remain in the case of a takeover? At any rate, MySQL needs a transactional engine that they have complete control over.

As for bashing MySQL, I would refer you to the list of clients and see if you’re still willing to bash them for using MySQL products. No wonder Oracle is desperate and their groupies and corporate muckrakers are salivating.