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Did Red Hat miss out on what should have been the heart of its company? Not necessarily.

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by botchagalupe January 17, 2008 8:44 AM PST
Mark Hinkle makes posses an interesting question?

What if Redhat were to snap up EnterpriseDB

http://socializedsoftware.com/2008/01/16/sun-buys-mysql/

johnmwillis.com
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by Matt Asay January 17, 2008 9:09 AM PST
This would require a completely different business model (as EnterpriseDB is a proprietary software company) and would be somewhat of an uphill battle as PostgreSQL doesn't have nearly the same traction/momentum as MySQL. I don't see it....
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by bill-tb January 17, 2008 4:34 PM PST
It's obvious, combining Sun's hardware data products and MySQL database is a big winner for Sun. As you state in the article, it's where the action is moving forward. Thumper, ZFS and MySQL, what a combination that will be.
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