[Charlug] Oracle buys Sun

[Mike Harrison]

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Leam Hall wrote:

> Supposedly the MySQL conference that just happened felt more like a funeral 
> to some folks.
>
> I think enough of the code is available so that it can continue. Don't know 
> though, sorry to see it happen.

I'm sticking with MySQL as long as possible, I've got way to much code
using it to swap quickly, but I'll be looking at abstracting out my 
database work more in the future.

I recently just installed Oracle, I hadn't used it since version 9.
What a big fat bloated pig. The database may be fast, but all that Java
crapola it requires just makes it a pain to deal with.

MySQL's been a friend, there when I needed it, reliable, fast
and runs on lightweight hardware and ram.