Oracle announces to buy Sun
According to report of sina science and technology, in April, the negotiation that IBM buys Sun is complete burst, late on April 20, inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty and Sun announce, two companies already were reached buy an agreement formally. According to the agreement, inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty will buy Sun with the price of every 9.5 dollars, trade total value is 7.4 billion dollar about.
To broad programmer, the thing with crucial different has mastered in Oracle hand, one is Java, one is MySQL.
Java is one of trademarks with IT the most well-known course of study, also be the technology with the widest application, it is the vitallest software technology that throughout history of inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty buys. Believe Java to be able to continue to develop ahead in Oracle hand.
The destiny of MySQL may be inferior to Java in that way, 2008 Sun buys MySQL of company of source data library with 1 billion dollar, the relation that opens a source as database runs a system, mySQL got welcome extensively in the market, the LAMP of website framework means that becomes popularity (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) one part. However, with other large databases for example the photograph such as Oracle, DB2, SQL Server is compared, mySQL has its insufficient place oneself, be like dimensions small, function is finite etc, brian Babineau of analyst of survey orgnaization Enterprise Strategy thinks, oracle may run from opposite directions business of MySQL of source data library does it, cancel its research and development or sell thoroughly, or it is its clientele move reachs on the database of Oracle. If the destiny of MySQL is such word, to opening source data one catastrophe is for the library.