Re: Open Source Oracle?

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:41460c28$0$968$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> Phil Britton wrote:
>
> > "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> writes:
> >
> >> I wish Oracle Corp. would release obsolete versions (7 and 8.0, for
> >> example) as open source.
> >>
> >> Just because those versions don't have Java, XML and other whistles and
> >> bells, it doesn't mean they wouldn't make a fine replacement for the
> >> MySQL and Postgress stuff that usually gets included in all the normal
> >> Linux distributions these days.
> >>
> >> Fat chance, of course.
> >>
> >> Just wishing and idly dreaming...
> >>
> >
> >
> > I think that the main problem would be with stuff in there that Oracle
> > has licenced from other companies or licence holder, who would either
> > be not willing to have there stuff open-sourced, or might not be easliy
> > traceable. Similar to the situation with NVidia graphic drivers for
> > Linux,
> >
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Phil
>
> I didn't think very much third party stuff got into Oracle until the dark
> days of embedded orbs and God knows what else hit us at 8i.
>
> Even so, an Oracle 8.0 with any and all 3rd party bits missed out is still
> likely to be a darn'd site more usable than MySQL, for example.
>
> Regards
> HJR
Hi Howard, do you actually mean to release the source code, or just freely distribute it with linux distros for example?

I personally dont see the benefit of releasing the code, lots of benefit in letting people have it use it for free (obselete versions as you day) Received on Mon Sep 13 2004 - 16:20:48 CDT