Comments on: Greenplum Takes $27 Million Series C http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:11:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: StartupNewz.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/#comment-1935127 StartupNewz.com Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:15:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/#comment-1935127 <strong>Greenplum raises $27 Million in Series C Funding...</strong> Techcrunch is reporting that Greenplum has raised a whopping $27 million of series C funding. This comes after the acquisition of MySQL by sun for $1 billion. Yes, that is a billion with a B. The database sector will see more funding in 2008, and we wi... Greenplum raises $27 Million in Series C Funding…

Techcrunch is reporting that Greenplum has raised a whopping $27 million of series C funding. This comes after the acquisition of MySQL by sun for $1 billion. Yes, that is a billion with a B. The database sector will see more funding in 2008, and we wi…

]]> By: emad http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/#comment-1934977 emad Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:21:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/#comment-1934977 Congratulations, Scott! Congratulations, Scott!

]]> By: Derrick http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/#comment-1934667 Derrick Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:31:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/#comment-1934667 Looks like Sun is very aggressively taking stakes in database companies. Looks like Sun is very aggressively taking stakes in database companies.

]]> By: Ericson Smith http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/#comment-1934398 Ericson Smith Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:58:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/21/greenplum-takes-27-million-series-c/#comment-1934398 Interesting. So not only has Sun bought into the open-source lower end database MySQL but also is getting its feet wet into the more enterprisey Postgresql, of which Greenplum's products are based on. Of course they offered support for Postgresql some time ago. One could take from this that they are buying more Postgresql expertise and are going into open source databases in a big way to offer a full(er) stack to many of their customers and incidentally, compete with Oracle, or which Postgresql is more compatible with. Postgresql has a BSD style license which is not amenable to acquisition like MySQL is. We use Postgresql on a number of projects, including our site http://www.funadvice.com Interesting.

So not only has Sun bought into the open-source lower end database MySQL but also is getting its feet wet into the more enterprisey Postgresql, of which Greenplum’s products are based on. Of course they offered support for Postgresql some time ago.

One could take from this that they are buying more Postgresql expertise and are going into open source databases in a big way to offer a full(er) stack to many of their customers and incidentally, compete with Oracle, or which Postgresql is more compatible with.

Postgresql has a BSD style license which is not amenable to acquisition like MySQL is.

We use Postgresql on a number of projects, including our site http://www.funadvice.com

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