From: Ann W. H. <aha...@ib...> - 2010-11-29 21:25:16
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On 11/29/2010 6:29 AM, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote: > On 29/11/2010 09:22, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote: >> 29.11.2010 12:12, Paul Reeves wrote: >>> basically 90% of all php database access is to a MySQL or sqlite backend. This >>> is a huge market segment lost to firebird. >> How much money MySQL AB got from this market before they died? >> > Hum... 1 billion? > No, that's what Sun paid for MySQL ... and nobody can buy Firebird because the copyrights all belong to individual developers. MySQL's revenues were much less than that, and a significant fraction came from developers who needed commercial licenses so they could distribute applications built on MySQL. That route is also closed to Firebird because of its license. The majority of the revenue came from support contract which are absolutely necessary if you're trying to run replicated systems. Their replication is really hard to get right. And, of course, support from those customers using Cluster. So why was it worth $1B (in US billions) to Sun? Beats me. Best regards, Ann |