Re: MySQL and DB2 storage engine for IBM i

[Scott Klement <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can't agree with you, Jon.  I don't think this has anything to do with 
support contracts or money.  It's simply an indication that the download 
statistics of the IBM i binary of MySQL site are weak.

And that makes perfect sense...   how many people here on this list have 
downloaded MySQL from MySQL's web site? Most folks installing MySQL are 
doing it through Zend's installer.

On 12/19/2010 4:58 AM, Jon Paris wrote:
> I think Scott's comment is accurate if modified to say "Nobody is
> _paying_ to use this tool." I suspect that the problem is two-fold.
> First folks are using the Community Edition and not paying for
> service. Second that Oracle are pulling support from every platform
> considered a competitor to its new empire. Or rather to those
> platforms that are a threat and don't represent a sufficient revenue
> stream to counter that.