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It's kinda odd how blatantly he contradicts himself there. He seems to think Oracle wants to buy/kill mysql, and at the same time mentions that because it's open source, it can just be forked at any moment. Meaning that Oracle couldn't possibly kill it, they could, at best, force it to change names.

If mysql were Nike, it would be worth it for a competitor to pay a billion to force a name change. But anyone who even knows what mysql is would know instantly what happened.




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