[General] Sun to Begin Close Sourcing MySQL

[Majed B.]

If they wanna get to business, by close-sourcing backup tools, well,
that stinks!

I know, I know, we can still use the "features" even when
closed-sourced, but when (not if) bugs surface, the community will be
under the mercy of one organization ... we're all familiar with that
already, so we don't need Sun to emphasize on it!

If you read the user comments on /. :
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/271804328/article.pl
You'll find that they're recommending switching to Postegres; the
problem is that most hosts provide MySQL only.

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:43 AM, bashar abdullah
<bashar.abdullah at gmail.com> wrote:
> :(
> Its the start of things to come
>
> But then again, did someone expect Sun to put $1 billion dollar on the table
> to host open source community? They need to make business case for
> Enterprise other than support.
>
> I'm just curios how that's gonna affect the whole community contribution to
> the code
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> http://jcole.us/blog/archives/2008/04/14/just-announced-mysql-to-launch-new-features-only-in-mysql-enterprise/
> >
> > Well that stinks! I feared this was gonna happen and it did!
> >
> > Here are some excerpts from previous blog posts regrading MySQL's
> acquisition:
> >
> > Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL: "Sun's culture and business model
> > complements MySQL's own by sharing the same ideals that we have had
> > since our foundation -- software freedom, online innovation and
> > community and partner participation."
> >
> > Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief executive officer, Sun
> > Microsystems, Inc.: "For the first time ever, businesses across the
> > world can standardize on a commercially supported, open source
> > platform that meets their needs for scale, quality and global
> > service."
> >
> > I would like to emphasize that there were promises, or maybe just
> > hints, that MySQL would remain open-source. Much like most suspected,
> > that's not gonna happen.
> > And here comes the funny part:
> >
> > "The acquisition cements Sun's entrance into the $15 billion database
> > market, affirms Sun's leadership in open source software and positions
> > the company as the leading provider of enterprise platforms for the
> > Network Economy."
> >
> > I'm sorry .. Sun's leadership in open-source software? Since when it
> > had leadership in that area? It barely coughed out Java!!!
> > --
> >  Majed B.
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 Majed B.