[General] Sun to Begin Close Sourcing MySQL

[bashar abdullah]

I understand your point. And Slashdotters, no need to tell me they would go
furious :)

I think Sun not only lost the open source contribution, but the faith here
and trust.

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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<http://rss.slashdot.org/%7Er/Slashdot/slashdot/%7E3/271804328/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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