Sun Microsystems is buying MySQL -- I have no idea what this means for MySQL. I use MySQL for learning technologies that require a database, for prototyping purposes, and for development purposes before putting software on the "real machines" and using Oracle. At home, I downloaded the Linux and Windows versions and installed them to do what I need to do. What this means for MySQL is unknown. What this means for Sun, I assume, is more money from the service side of MySQL.
Oracle is buying BEA Systems -- Oracle had its own application server for awhile and that didn't work out so they brought a company which gave them a better application server, Orion. Now they are buying BEA Systems and they get a better application server, business process management software that uses the application server, web services software, web portal software, a good Java Virtual Machine, and other software. I think BEA got the best of the deal because their software is too damned expensive and is battling open source software that is of decent enough quality for production use. Having dealt with BEA sales representatives and having used BEA software, I hope the quality of some of it improves and the cost goes down, but I doubt it. Just say NO to BEA portal software!
Here is a link to a company pronouncing the death of J2EE software. Gigaspaces is actually on the list of software that I feel the need to evaluate.
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