Now that Oracle has bought Sun Microsystem, what is going to happen to MySQL? Are they going to leave it as it is (as open source and free) to cover the small businesses or are they going to scrap it so they can push Oracle database to small businesses? Are the independent developers still going to contribute to MySQL development? Does anyone know the answer?
Technorati Tags: Oracle, Sun Microsystem, MySQL, Database, Open Source
Ora_tweet is a PL/SQL Twitter API that can be used to send messages from your Oracle database to your twitter account. It might come handy for DBAs who twitters a lot. This is the first version and all it does right now is allow you to send a status update. Future changes might include more functionality. For more information, refer to Database Geek blog.
Technorati Tags: Ora_Tweet, PL/SQL, Database, Oracle
If you work with Oracle Database, then you might have heard about SQL Developer. SQL Developer is a free graphical tool for database development. I use this for some of my Oracle work. It’s a decent tool and it’s free.
When I upgraded my SQL Developer to the latest version (1.5.0.53), I lost my database connection settings. The settings worked the first time I created them in the new version, but it was lost the next time I opened the SQL Developer. When I tried to recreate, the save or connect key did not work. I finally fixed it as per the advise given in the OTN forum. All you have to do is edit the sqldeveloper.conf file located under C:\Program Files\sql developer installation folder\sqldeveloper\bin using notepad or wordpad and add the following lines to the end of the file. Save and restart SQL Developer. You should see your connection settings back.
AddJavaLibFile ../../lib/java/api/jaxb-api.jar
AddJavaLibFile ../../lib/java/api/jsr173_api.jar
AddJavaLibFile ../../j2ee/home/lib/activation.jar
AddJavaLibFile ../../lib/java/shared/sun.jaxb/2.0/jaxb-xjc.jar
AddJavaLibFile ../../lib/java/shared/sun.jaxb/2.0/jaxb-impl.jar
AddJavaLibFile ../../lib/java/shared/sun.jaxb/2.0/jaxb1-impl.jar
Sun Microsystems announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire MySQL, a popular open source database. Sun will pay about $800 million in cash for MySQL’s privately held stock and will assume about $200 million worth of options. MySQL CEO Marten Mickos will join Sun’s senior executive team after the transaction closes. Following completion of the proposed transaction, MySQL will be integrated into Sun’s Software, Sales and Service organizations. The transaction is expected to close in late Q3 or early Q4 of Sun’s fiscal 2008.
Will MySQL remain as popular as it is today, after the acquisition? I prefer MySQL to stay as it is now, but SUN is a supporter of open source, so it might not be bad.
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Oracle today unveiled a server virtualization software which supports both Oracle and non Oracle applications. Oracle VM is free and available for both Windows and Linux. Oracle products including Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion middleware and Oracle Applications are certified to work with Oracle VM.
Oracle VM installs directly on server hardware and does not require a host operating system. Consisting of open source server software and an integrated Web browser-based management console, Oracle VM provides a graphical interface for creating and managing virtual server pools, running on x86 and x86-64-based systems, across an enterprise. The following Oracle products are supported by Oracle VM:
• Oracle Database 10g Release 2 and Oracle Database 11g Release 1
• Oracle Application Server 10gR2 and 10gR3
• Oracle Enterprise Manager 10.2.0.4
• Oracle Berkeley DB 4.6
• Oracle TimesTen 7.0.3.1
• Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10 and 12
• Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.4.x and 9.0
• PeopleTools 8.49.07 and above
• Oracle Siebel CRM 8.0
• Oracle Hyperion 9.3.1
Though the software is free, I believe, you have to pay for patches, updates and support. I’m not sure what is the use of downloading the software for free if you are not going to get the patches and updates for no cost (Ofcourse it’s a marketing gimmick).
Source: Oracle VM.
Technorati Tags: Oracle VM, Virtualization, Windows, Linux, Database, Application, E-Business Suite, Hyperion, Peoplesoft
