Comments on: Sun makes the M in LAMP stand for Money http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/16/sun-makes-the-m-in-lamp-stand-for-money/ Rebooting the workforce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Open Source Contributors - Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/16/sun-makes-the-m-in-lamp-stand-for-money/#comment-286714 Open Source Contributors - Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:33:38 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/16/sun-makes-the-m-in-lamp-stand-for-money/#comment-286714 [...] 21st, 2008 · No Comments With the recent news of Sun Microsystems buying MySQL AB for one billion dollars (insert Dr.Evil’s evil laugh here), I here plenty calling Sun the [...] [...] 21st, 2008 · No Comments With the recent news of Sun Microsystems buying MySQL AB for one billion dollars (insert Dr.Evil’s evil laugh here), I here plenty calling Sun the [...]

]]> By: Bob Walsh http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/16/sun-makes-the-m-in-lamp-stand-for-money/#comment-286439 Bob Walsh Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:41:46 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/16/sun-makes-the-m-in-lamp-stand-for-money/#comment-286439 Good points all Mitchell - especially the need for Sun to come clean on MySQL licensing. Good points all Mitchell – especially the need for Sun to come clean on MySQL licensing.

]]> By: Mitchell Ashley http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/16/sun-makes-the-m-in-lamp-stand-for-money/#comment-285846 Mitchell Ashley Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:56:00 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/16/sun-makes-the-m-in-lamp-stand-for-money/#comment-285846 Good post Bob. Sun has a mix relationship with the open source community since it took so long to release Java as open source and because Sun uses it's own community license rather than the OSI license. I suspect that many will cry foul, that Sun will move MySQL away from the GPL. My advise would be to leave it well enough alone and make changes later so MySQL doesn't lose momentum. I have a bit more about this on my Network World blog at http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24030 Mitchell Good post Bob. Sun has a mix relationship with the open source community since it took so long to release Java as open source and because Sun uses it’s own community license rather than the OSI license.

I suspect that many will cry foul, that Sun will move MySQL away from the GPL. My advise would be to leave it well enough alone and make changes later so MySQL doesn’t lose momentum.

I have a bit more about this on my Network World blog at http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24030

Mitchell

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