These include, yes, a boxed version of the MySQL database, developer support, consulting, and training. NuSphere's offerings appear to be aimed at a more price-sensitive market than Great Bridge's, but the idea is the same. Great Bridge and NuSphere might just be onto something. The commercial database market is dominated by large systems with even larger price tags. If PostgreSQL and MySQL can prove themselves capable of playing in that league, they may find no end of willing buyers.
Companies tend to be conservative about their database systems.
Wine, of course, is the long-awaited utility that allows Windows applications to run on Linux. Like Great Bridge, CodeWeavers sees Wine as the vehicle which will carry it to success. But, again, the real emphasis appears to be on services. CodeWeavers offers training, support, development and porting services, and even marketing. We evaluate the product and create a certified Linux native version.