CA Stirs up MySQLs World - ' Ingres Advanced Age ' (
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Predictably, MySQL is taking CAs move as a vote of confidence in open source. "Its like open source is getting another vote of confidence from a major IT player," Urlocker said.
"CAs a major firm. Theyre pretty conservative. I think its great. Within the past few weeks, BEA, Microsoft and CA all open-sourced products. Previously, youd say theyre either threatened or could be by open source. But now, were seeing more partnerships and cooperation emerge in these areas."
But theres one thing CAs doing differently from MySQL that might help it win customers in the open-source database market: Its offering a more straightforward license.
CA chose a modified version of the common public license that is easier to decipher than MySQLs dual license, particularly for the ISVs who may choose to embed or build upon either Ingres or MySQL.
Read more here about MySQLs ongoing license tweaking.
Meta Groups Charlie Garry says all of the open-source-database inquiries Meta is getting are about MySQL. CA doesnt have much credibility now in the open-source world, he said, so it will be interesting to see whether it can build up a following to rival MySQLs.
"Maybe its too late," Garry suggested. Maybe, given CAs recent run-ins with the law, the company has so many things on its collective mind that posing a serious challenge to MySQL will be a challenge.
Time—and the unveiling of Ingres code that will happen within three months—will tell.
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