Re: [Nolug] world ends, MySQL bought by SUN

On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 04:13:10PM -0600, Joey Kelly wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 January 2008 03:14:14 pm Shannon Roddy wrote:
> > On Jan 16, 2008 8:09 AM, B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 08:01:08AM -0600, Joey Kelly wrote:
> > > > Read it and weep. And weep. And weep.
> > > >
> > > > http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/sun-acquires-mysql.html/
> > >
> > > I don't get it; why is this such a horrible thing?
> >
> > I don't get it either. Sun has a pretty good track record lately with
> > open source. Why do people not like Sun so much?
>
> While not the only reason for my lament, Sun went open-source only because it
> was the only way to stay relevant. IMHO.

I can respect your opinion, but what is wrong with a company trying to remain relevant? I thought that was the point :)

B

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> Joey Kelly
> < Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
> http://joeykelly.net

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