Oracle Has MySQL By The Throat

By following last November's purchase of InnoDB with the recent acquisition of Sleepycat Software, all Larry Ellison has to do is squeeze hard to kill corporate usage of MySQL. With a database, the storage engine drives the transactional functionality. The popular open source database MySQL uses the InnoDB storage engine in its implementation. After Oracle purchased InnoDB last year, it was thought MySQL may turn to Sleepycat Software as a replacement for InnoDB, ZDNet blogger Phil Windley posted his opinion that " Oracle can become a one-stop shop for folks building the next generation of big business applications, whether or not they use "traditional" Oracle software." Business 2.0 senior writer and blogger Om Malik sees VoIP telephony more in play for Oracle and its growing business application empire as it makes acquisitions like the InnoDB and Sleepycat plays. "Oracle's decision to buy Swedish VoIP company, HotSIP, a clear sign that the world of telephony and enterprise applications is merging.It seems everyone could in the near future be dialing their here.") Drag this to your Bookmarks. Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") | Yahoo! My Web David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.