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Published 11/03/2009 by Reuters


Rival is Oracle not Microsoft: MySQL founder

By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The main rival to Sun's (JAVA.O) MySQL database has always been Oracle (ORCL.O) not Microsoft (MSFT.O), the creator of MySQL said, as Europe nears an antitrust decision on Oracle's proposed $7 billion purchase of Sun.

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...of the deal. "The largest and the most common rival was Oracle. In every deal we were competing against Oracle Michael 'Monty Widenius, the founder of MySQL, told Reuters in an interview."
Rival is Oracle not Microsoft: MySQL founder [Reuters - 11/03/2009]
...free rival there. "This means that there is very little money to be made on the Windows side for MySQL. They are not going to make a profit there. The big money is on the Linux side where MySQL already successfully competes with Oracle, and where MySQL has put all their efforts during the last 10 years" Widenius said...
Rival is Oracle not Microsoft: MySQL founder [Reuters - 11/03/2009]
...could be killed. "It is easier to use and it's cheaper -- if cheapness was be removed, the attractiveness decreases" Widenius said...
Rival is Oracle not Microsoft: MySQL founder [Reuters - 11/03/2009]

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