REALbasic 2007 R4 Drops Official Support of MySQL Native Driver
It is being reported that REALbasic 2007 R4 has dropped official support for MySQL and that the company is directing developers to utilize ODBC drivers to interact with MySQL. The GPL’d driver was turned over to a third party to continue support. It has also been reported that there were too many business issues with licensed connectivity between differing versions of MySQL. However, given the persistence of MySQL in closing deals they are interested in, it simply could be these issues were not surmountable given the level of interest of the parties. Like most companies of size, if the opportunity isn’t large or significant enough to their own business strategy, its easy enough just to point towards company policy and a take-it-or-leave-it position.
Anyway, REAL Software has been strongly promoting their own SQLite based database server and placed significant policy barriers in their forums against discussing competing products - including banning Paradigma staff members after staff members answered questions asked by REALbasic users about Valentina for REALbasic. What would MySQL think about such policies coming from a potential partner?
