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Oracle Pledges To Up Investment In MySQL
By Doug Caverly
Staff Writer
Article Date: 2010-04-20
An organization with a market cap in the neighborhood of $130 billion will soon be taking a renewed interest in MySQL. The chief corporate architect of Oracle, Edward Screven, has indeed indicated that Oracle will be helping MySQL in all sorts of ways.
This doesn't appear to be a one-time thing, such as having a few programmers work on new, MySQL-related tasks for five or ten days and then calling it quits. Oracle also doesn't appear to be making promises related to some unspecified, possibly never-to-arrive future timeframe.
Instead, according to Reuters, Screven recently stated in front of a significant crowd of people at a conference, "We are increasing our investment in MySQL . . . on every front."
And surprisingly, increased compatibility may be one factor in which Oracle's interested, considering that Screven also said, "MySQL competes a lot and often with SQL Server. It makes sense for us as a company . . . to make sure it lines up well with SQL Server."
Although that comment could strictly relate to the database management system's competitiveness, depending on how it's interpreted.
Anyway, it wouldn't be fair to wrap things up without noting that not everyone has accepted Oracle's promise of help at face value. As reported by Gavin Clarke, many of the people who were present at Screven's talk in California were less than impressed with his assurances.
Here's one interesting fact: at a certain point in the presentation, just a single individual applauded a declaration Screven made, with everyone else remaining silent and a lot of people's arms remaining folded.
This situation may bear watching, then, to see if Oracle actually follows through on its commitment to MySQL. And, of course, to see exactly what course of action the company pursues, and how quickly it makes any changes.
For what it's worth, Oracle's stock has been heading up on a consistent basis for quite a while (one-month, three-month, YTD, six-month, one-year, and five-year perspectives all yield positive data), so the company probably won't run into any showstoppers of a financial nature.
About the Author:
Doug is a staff writer for WebProNews. Visit WebProNews for the latest eBusiness news.
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