Comments on: When Microsoft Met Xen (Updated) http://techrights.org/2008/02/07/microsoft-via-citrix-xen/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/02/07/microsoft-via-citrix-xen/comment-page-1/#comment-5431 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:08:59 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/07/microsoft-via-citrix-xen/#comment-5431 Matt,

Thanks for the correction regarding MySQL. I write all my posts quite fast in a single pass and this one was particularly impulstive with little fact-checking, as I’ve stated above.

About Sun, as I said when the announcement first came, it seems like good news for FOSS, but bad news to Linux (the kernel). Lastly, your initial analysis of Citrix/XenSource (CBR) is among my favourite references that I still use. Many came after this which confirm this to be true (about a dozen independent stories and sources I’ve added to this list).

]]> By: Matt http://techrights.org/2008/02/07/microsoft-via-citrix-xen/comment-page-1/#comment-5430 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:03:10 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/07/microsoft-via-citrix-xen/#comment-5430 Hi Roy,

You’ve used the MySQL heading completely out of context there, the post is actually about the positive reasons why Sun is seen as a good home for MySQL. As for Mike Olson leaving Oracle – I would say it is a more troubling issue for Oracle than it is for open source.

Oracle acquired Sleepycat because it had a whole in its portfolio and the fact that Mike stayed for so long is testament to the fact that the company did not mess with the BerkeleyDB business.

As for Citrix/XenSource. The writing was on the wall when the announcement was made. See my thoughts here: http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/02/08/citrix-and-xensource-six-months-on/

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