From another group: Help save MySQL

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 12:26:45PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Dave Cramer <davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org>
> 
> | Perhaps he should have considered this *before* he took their money.
> 
> I never felt comfortable with the dual-license model.  Both Asterix
> and MySQL are problematic.  But I do understand why the developers
> decided to do this.
> 
> The threat Monty identifies comes out of the dual license model.
> 
> The threat also comes out of the nature of competition and monopolies.
> I don't think that Oracle should be able to buy MySQL to reduce
> competition.  The incentives for Oracle just work the wrong way for
> MySQL users and contributors.
> 
> I cannot sign the petition since I don't use MySQL for profesionally.
> People I trust recommend PostgreSQL over MySQL and I like its license
> better.

I personally think the world would be better off without mysql so people
could finally start using postgresql for everything instead.

I will not miss mysql if it were to disappear (which I doubt it will).

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