[mdlug] Open source MySQL - MySQL Creator: Oracle to Purchase Sun which Owns M ySQL

[Aaron Kulkis]

gib at juno.com wrote:
>  
> MySQL Creator: Oracle to Purchase Sun which Owns MySQL.
> " . . . Michael "Monty" Widenius, the creator of MySQL, is asking you urgently to help save MySQL from Oracle's clutches".
>  
> http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-saving-mysql.html

He's crying wolf.
It's open source, which means there's nothing to prevent
it from being forked ("YourSQL" ???)

I think this has more to do with trying to generate
publicity for, and stifle competition to his new
start up, "Monty Program AB"

The guy is a hypocrite.  He wants to have his cake and
eat it to -- he sold MySQL, but wants to retain control
of it.  (As if there's any way that ANYONE, including
Oracle, can actually exert 100% control over any open
source product)