SilverNodashi Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 If you are a developer, then you need to take a look at this. MySQL as we know it many soon not be free anymore. http://blog.softdux.com/web-development/help-save-mysql-from-oracle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbenoit Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Don't necessarily believe what a 3rd party blog post says Oracle is going to do with MySQL. Read up on the situation yourself. There is plenty going around about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastsideHosting Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 It's currently 'FREE' now and either way, MySQL won't die for the simple fact people will be keep using it even if it's not supported anymore. Now if MySQL is integrated in Oracle possible 'Auto Updates' for our control panels will install it once they support the 'NEW MySQL." The thing is, When 4.1.x came out I was on 4.0.xx for about a year, and once I finally made the move to 4.1.x - A year after MySQL 5, so I don't see me moving any time soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Nothing but FUD from a site that nobody has ever heard of, and the former owner mentions RMS (therefore confirming he is a stereotypical OSS zealot) MySQL 4 and 5 are under the GPL and nobody can change that, regardless of what they do. Just like when XFree86 tried to go closed source, a fork appeared and has thrived (Xorg). I don't see MySQL dying anytime soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicToMeyeZR Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Not to mention, You don't have to update the latest versions, even if it didn't become free, you can STILL use the free one. Its called a grandfather-clause. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicToMeyeZR Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 One thing that might kill MySQL is a movement called NoSQL... Some of the VERY big name sites do not use and SQL at all, and their sites can handle millions without slowdowns. Amazon is one of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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