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    Oracle has updated the Sun Acquisition FAQ. The FAQ now has Oracle's plans for MySQL, Java, Virtualization, NetBeans, Glassfish, OpenOffice, Open Source and other things.

    Below are the relevant pieces from that document.

    What are Oracle’s plans for the GlassFish Enterprise (Java
    EE) Server after the transaction closes?

    Oracle plans to continue evolving GlassFish Enterprise Server, delivering
    it as the open source reference implementation (RI) of the Java Enterprise
    Edition (Java EE) specifications, and actively supporting the large GlassFish
    community. Additionally, Oracle plans to invest in aligning common
    infrastructure components and innovations from Oracle WebLogic Server
    and GlassFish Enterprise Server to benefit both Oracle WebLogic Server and
    GlassFish Enterprise Server customers.

    What are Oracle’s plans for NetBeans?
    Oracle has a strong track record of demonstrating commitment to choice for
    Java developers. As such, NetBeans is expected to provide an additional open
    source option and complement to the two free tools Oracle already offers for
    enterprise Java development: Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Enterprise Pack for
    Eclipse. While Oracle JDeveloper remains Oracle’s strategic development tool
    for the broad portfolio of Oracle Fusion Middleware products and for Oracle’s
    next generation of enterprise applications, developers will be able to use
    whichever free tool they are most comfortable with for pure Java and Java EE
    development: JDeveloper, Enterprise Pack for Eclipse, or NetBeans.

    What are Oracle’s plans for MySQL?
    Oracle plans to spend more money developing MySQL than Sun does now.
    Oracle expects to continue to develop and provide the open source MySQL
    database after the transaction closes. Oracle plans to add MySQL to Oracle’s
    existing suite of database products, which already includes Berkeley DB, an
    open source database. Oracle also currently offers InnoDB, an open source
    transactional storage engine and the most important and popular transaction
    engine under MySQL. Oracle already distributes MySQL as part of our
    Enterprise Linux offering.

    What is Oracle’s plan for OpenOffice?
    Oracle has a history of developing complete, integrated, and open products,
    making integration quicker and less costly for our customers. Based on the
    open ODF standard, OpenOffice is expected to create a compelling desktop
    integration bridge for our enterprise customers and offers consumers another
    choice on the desktop. After the transaction closes, Oracle plans to continue
    developing and supporting OpenOffice as open source. As before, some of
    the larger customers will ask for extra assurances, support, and enterprise
    tools. For these customers we expect to offer a typical commercial license
    option.

    How does Oracle support open source?
    Oracle has long been committed to developing, supporting, and promoting
    open source. Oracle has been, and continues to be, committed to offering
    choice, flexibility, and a lower cost of computing for end users. Oracle
    has invested significant resources in developing, testing, optimizing and
    supporting open source technologies such as Linux, PHP, Apache, Eclipse,
    Berkeley DB, and InnoDB. Oracle continues to embrace and offer open source
    solutions as a viable choice for development and deployment. More information
    about Oracle’s support of open source can be found at
    oracle.com/opensource.

    Will Oracle continue Sun’s virtualization strategy?
    Yes, Oracle plans to continue Sun’s “desktop to datacenter virtualization”
    strategy and integrate with Oracle’s virtualization products. By unifying
    management across desktop virtualization, server virtualization, storage
    virtualization, and network virtualization, Oracle and Sun provide
    comprehensive, flexible, eco-efficient solutions to maximize utilization,
    consolidate to reduce costs, increase productivity, and decrease management
    complexity. We expect to continue Sun’s desktop virtualization products:
    VDI, Secure Global Desktop, Sun Ray, and VirtualBox.

    Delivering increased investment and innovation in Java
    Oracle plans to accelerate investment in the Java platform for the
    benefit of customers and the Java community. Java is one of the
    computer industry’s best-known brands and the Java platform is
    one of the industry’s most widely deployed technologies. Oracle has
    been a leader in the Java community since the inception of the Java
    programming language and already has the world’s largest investment
    in the Java platform, which provides the foundation for its Oracle
    Fusion Middleware products and its next-generation enterprise
    applications.
    Oracle plans to not only broaden and accelerate its own investment in the
    Java platform, but also plans to increase the commitment to the community
    that helps make Java an ubiquitous, innovative platform unified around
    open standards.

    So what do you think, is there still a reason to fear what will happen to these technologies after this deal closes?

    About the Author

    User bio imageDenis has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5. Although he worked as an ASP/JSP/ColdFusion developer before the dot com bust, he has been working exclusively as a database developer/architect since 2002. In addition to English, Denis is also fluent in Croatian and Dutch, but he can curse in many other languages and dialects (just ask the SQL optimizer) He lives in Princeton, NJ with his wife and three kids.
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    Comment from: dogtacocatgod [Member] Email
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    dogtacocatgod I don't believe it, especially about MySQL....Oracle will probably kill or make it so buggy people will not use it anymore....then they will cancel support. There is a reason Richard Stallman and the EFF are asking the European Union to look into this

    Remeber FoxPro? What happened to that after Microsoft bought them? Nothing...is not developed anymore and customers are told to switch to SQL Server.......same will happen to MySQL customers if this goes through
    10/31/09 @ 06:05
    Comment from: Eoin [Visitor] · http://circlestrafe.com
    Eoin @dogtacocatgod
    Remember what happened when oracle aquired Berkeley DB? That turned out pretty well, I can say this as we use it on a daily basis.
    10/31/09 @ 06:38
    Comment from: Evan Carroll [Visitor] · http://www.evancarroll.com
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    Evan Carroll Great, funding. I'm more looking to the irrational oracle-fear leading to a greater postgres market share. Rule 1. If a comparatively dwindling function set and random integrity issues couldn't cause the downfall of MySQL, a big proprietary 600 lb gorilla can!
    10/31/09 @ 09:38

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