Sun ships MySQL with Application Server

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I wasn't aware that Sun was bundling MySQL with it's Operating System. My question is what about PostgreSQL?

Have you noticed we already ship MySQL on GNU/Linux and Solaris? What I've heard back from customers is that (IBM's database) DB2 is outrageously expensive and (IBM's e-commerce software) WebSphere is fifty thousand bucks (per) CPU. Our value proposition to them is, "Why on earth did you pay fifty-thousand bucks a CPU for WebSphere when you can get a free Application Server 7.0 from Sun running on Solaris and GNU/Linux--and by the way, we'll give you a database as well? Why do you bother with DB2 on GNU/Linux? Why don't you just run MySQL? It's cheaper, faster and more stable..."