IBM prefers MySQL and Microsoft goes open source!
Came across these two news on the internet today.ei
IBM had earlier acquired SolidDB for its Data Server offerings. But it looks like it is discontinuing the product. Here is the news. The product was apparently mainly used for "in-memory" technology and was built on MySQL. But close on the heels of Sun acquiring MySQL, looks like IBM has decided to quit the product. Maybe Sun's acquisition was one of the reasons for this?!
Also the second larger news is that M$ has open sourced its new RDK (research development kit) which is apparently a glimpse of the future OS that it is going to come up with.. Its called the "singularity" project and here is its home page.
