Open Source Solutions

In a move that was anticipated by industry insiders for several months now, MuleSource CEO Dave Rosenberg announced at the opening breakfast for MuleCon2008 that MuleSource had made successful hostile bids for Microsoft, Oracle and Google - pending SEC approval, which is expected soon.

As part of his OSS (Open Source Swashbuckling) strategy, Dave laid out his roadmap for each of the three, soon-to-be-absorbed companies.

Microsoft

Microsoft will be dismantled, as it has obviously outlived its usefulness. The main value from the company is in its many developers and .Net community, all of whom will be set free to work on innovative products in the open source realm.

Oracle

Dave admitted that the only reason for the Oracle purchase was to obtain access to the BEA Tuxedo, providing Mule with much needed COBOL connectors. Oracle database business has been undermined in recent years by MySQL for dot-com and Web2.0 applications, PostgreSQL for enterprise transactions, and LucidDB for BI. The applications business is increasingly being owned by Compiere [pronounced in the Italianite way] and OpenBRAVO. Partnerships are being planned with these open source companies.

Google

Google has lived off of open source projects and will now be giving back in a big way. As soon as the acquisition is complete, all Google code will be released under AGPLv3. All Google's products will be redesigned to conform to a new SOA and MDM strategy, to allow for even more efficient enterprise mashups.

Conclusion

What more is there to say? Get ready to ride the Mule, and welcome to the new world order.