Fwd: Is anyone switching from MySQL?

[David Sanders]

2009/5/1 Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca>:
> Paul Sladen wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 1 May 2009, Derek Broughton wrote:
>>> I certainly don't expect Oracle to devote considerable resources to MySQL
>>> development, based on their track record.
>>
>> Is the concern is about future new features being added to MySQL?
>>
>> The current version presumably has enough a sufficient feature-set
>> otherwise, MySQL would not have been chosen.
>
> Would not have been chosen for what?  The concern is _always_ about new
> features and bug fixes.  Oracle has no incentive to deal with either one.
>
>> That current version
>> cannot disappear and either will your ability to patch it if required.
>
> My ability to patch it is considerably greater than my desire to _use_ it -
> I was already a dedicated PostGreSQL user.  I also do most of my corporate
> work with Oracle.  So I'm not at _all_ "concerned" about future MySQL
> development, I just suspect there won't be any from Oracle, and potentially
> not much from elsewhere.
>
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If you followed the Drizzle lists where the *paid* MySQL developers
are working on the next-gen core engine for MySQL, you'll see that
it's highly unlikely any change will occur in development of MySQL
under Oracle's stewardship. Oracle already develops InnoDB - a pretty
core element of MySQL, and didn't suddenly stop doing so when it
aquired the company. Nor did it change the license to make it hard for
MySQL to compete.

Oracle will support MySQL - they want the custom and they know they
won't get far asking MySQL people to use full Oracle (or even
express).

My tuppence worth.

David