# Mysql Future

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-future/1154>\
**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [April 21, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-future/1154 "2009-04-21T00:06:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![ervaneet82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@ervaneet82](https://forums.percona.com/u/ervaneet82)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-future/1154/1 "2009-04-21T00:06:49Z")

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Hi All ,

Can I anybody tell me , what is the future of MySQL after purchasing Sun by Oracle? I am MySQL DBA .

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**Author:** ![sterin71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sterin71](https://forums.percona.com/u/sterin71)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-future/1154/2 "2009-04-21T10:38:18Z")

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Well why don’t you ask Larry Ellison.  
Hold on for two seconds I think I have his cellphone number here somewhere. 😉

My point is that it’s to early to tell.

But since SUN has put a _lot_ of money into MySQL I can’t imagine that they will scrap it over night just because they got bought by Oracle.

My guess is we will see something in a year or two.

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**Author:** ![gene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@gene](https://forums.percona.com/u/gene)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-future/1154/3 "2009-05-01T12:22:57Z")

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Let me take a stab at it:

select c.name from companies c where c.market = ‘entry level’ and c.competesWith = ‘Oracle’ order by c.price

My guess is that the MySQL tools will be merged into/become Oracle’s entry-level products. Also Sun’s purchase may allow Oracle to compete with workstation manufacturers. If I were Dell or HP, I’d be very worried now.

Gene