[Charlug] Oracle buys Sun

[Wiggins d'Anconia]

Mike Harrison wrote:
> 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.
>

Long live Postgres....