[Charlug] Oracle buys Sun

[Thomas Dixon]

I wasnt aware that Oracle "required" any Java necessarily. Are you referring
to the installer or to the GUI tools that Oracle provides? It's perfectly
possible (and to some people preferable) to do without these.

-tommy

as for MySQL dying

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Mike Harrison <meuon at geeklabs.com> 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.
>
>
>
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