I think CentOS is about to get a little brother - CentDB. It isn't a problem to fork the MySQL code - and community enterprise projects are getting more and more publicity all the time.

Before long, MySQL will be just another name that time forgot.

I think Oracle has lost credibility in this battle. Fighting hard to acquire something while at the same time arguing that the acquisition would not matter to the market, does not make any sense. Oracle is losing hundreds of millions instead of just letting MySOL go. It must be really important to them.