Monty, the creator of the MySQL database, says that Oracle acquiring Sun could be the end of MySQL. MySQL is a major competitor for Oracle's proprietary offerings.
LAMP stacks, which make up a huge part of the Internet depend hugely on MySQL and would be affected in a big way by this acquisition.
But would it affect the Internet as a whole? Sure, there would be a sizable impact but it would by no means shut things down for good. There are other open source databases out there. MySQL happens to be a great one and it would be a shame to see it go.
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