MySQL Team Wins Golden Penguin Bowl

ChocLinux writes "The MySQL geeks came out on top in this year's Golden Penguin Bowl at LinuxWorld Boston. Host Jeremy Allison hit a few raw nerves with the opposing Oracle team, introducing them as members of the Berkeley DB product line, 'which Oracle will soon kill.' ZDNet has posted some photos and commentary on the event."

Geeks vs. Nerds

Geeks vs. Nerds.. Can't we all just get along?

apparently not when there's a golden penguin at stake.

Re:Yarrrrrrrr!

But ninjas totally flip out and chop peoples heads off.

I bet that tricorn hat looks really good when it is sitting on top of the stump you now have for a neck. >:(

That's great!

I bet SCO is happy too! http://www.google.com/search?as_q=mysql+sco [google.com]

"Oracle did buy all our transactional backends..."

"... but we know how to put them in their place when it comes to Golden Penguin Bowls".

Me, I've switched to Postgres.

Ziff davis need to learn javascript

putting a 320x200 on its own individual 40kb server generated page ? why not use the Image().src object and an array, its not like its 1987 anymore, even webTV v1.0 supports the .src property.

sad

Just to clarify

As TFA states, it was actually people from Sleepy Cat (which Oracle just bought) and not "really" Oracle competing and it was the Sleepy Cat team that was introduced as the Berkley DB company Oracle is about to kill not MySQL. Didn't seem that confusing in the article, but maybe the posters and editors thought the other sounded better?

Raw nerves?

UUh, raw nerves? Oracle has a history of buying and killing off products. If Jeremy could hit Sleepy Cat team's raw nerves at this moment, what were they thinking of when selling off to Oracle?

MySQL passes Oracle at the end

"The Oracle nerds had a strong lead over the MySQL geeks for most of the quiz, but the geeks managed to pull ahead in the final round of the contest to walk away with the prize of the golden penguins." [zdnet.co.uk]

Just what needs to happen in the real world. :)

Golden Penguin Bowls ...

... sounds like something by Frank Zappa !

Nobody?

Host Jeremy Allison hit a few raw nerves with the opposing Oracle team, introducing them as members of the Berkeley DB product line, 'which Oracle will soon kill.'

And nobody has made a Steve Ballmer joke yet? OK, looks like I'll have to do it myself this time.

Ahem.. At that point, Mr. Allison picked up a chair and threw it across the stage hitting a spectator in the public. Mr. Allison then said: "Fucking Larry Ellison is a fucking pussy. I'm going to fucking bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to fucking kill Oracle."

Re:Nobody?

Actually I did make a Steve Ballmer chair joke. That was the bonus question on the "Sample" round where I'm teaching them how to play the game. The question was "Why does Scott McNealy look so relaxed in this picture [with Ballmer]" ?
Answer : Because Ballmer is sitting on the chair and it doesn't come easily to hand as a weapon :-).
But then I laugh at my own jokes (I know I shouldn't :-).

Jeremy.