Oracle buys open-source database Sleepycat and falls into the bag _ MySQL

November February 15 (Dai xunyan compiled): according to an external report, Oracle announced the acquisition of open source database vendor Sleepycat on Tuesday. This is the re-acquisition of open source database companies after the acquisition of Innobase in Finland in May. Oracle, which has always been a high-profile, did not announce the acquisition amount, and the media will not spend much on this analysis. Sleepycat is a private holding company founded Oracle

November February 15 (Dai xunyan compiled): according to an external report, Oracle announced the acquisition of open source database vendor Sleepycat on Tuesday. This is the re-acquisition of open source database companies after the acquisition of Innobase in Finland in May.

Oracle, which has always been a high-profile, did not announce the acquisition amount, and the media will not spend much on this analysis.

Sleepycat is a private holding company established in 1996. its core product is the open source database Berkeley DB ). Unlike Oracle databases and Innobase, Berkeley DB is mainly intended for embedded applications. Therefore, it forms a good complementary relationship with other Oracle database products.

The open-source database MySQL is unique among others. At present, both IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle have released free versions with certain restrictions. The maverick Oracle began to buy open-source databases.

Industry analysts believe that Oracle's goal of acquiring open-source databases is to convert its free software users into users with paid database products and improve its own products using open-source database technologies.

Previously, the US business weekly reported that Oracle plans to spend $0.6 billion to acquire three open-source software companies, excluding Sleepycat, zend and Jboss companies are reporting to be making a final bargain with Oracle. (End)