Nothing is permanent in this world. On April 20th - 2009, we saw the end of a 25+ years of innovation. People says the SUN finally sets. I, personally was a great admirer of this company. And, even without the name, I will continue to do so. SUN Microsystems gave some of most innovative technologies to the world of computing. Solaris, Ultra SPARC, JAVA, NFS, ZFS, Open Storage, Open Solaris ... and the list goes on and on... SUN was a pioneer in technology, but something went wrong in their strategies, while presenting those technologies to the world. Its a known fact that SUN gave birth to Java, but companies like IBM and Oracle made the most money out of it. But, if its a bad news that SUN has ceased to exist now, but the good news is that atleast IBM didnot buy it. Hopefully, Oracle can maintain the pace of SUN's immovation. But, one question gives me real nightmare ... MySQL.. what now ? Is it doomed ? Although Oracle's Database and MySQL fall into completely different markets, will Oracle nurture the growth of MySQL ? MySQL is such an amazing piece of software that no one will like to see its doom day ... But nobody knows what is it store for future !!! Computer and IT industry is fast contracting from last few years, the bigger amoeba is growing in size and smaller ones disappearing ... Everything is fair and fine in the game of money and power... But, none gives a damn to the emotions and feelings of an employee or user, which gets terribly hurt by these acquisitions...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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