[LUNI] Sun to Begin Close Sourcing MySQL

[Brian]

Sun spent a long time stressing that their offerings were "open." If
their PR and sales forces had deliberately planned to mask whether
they were talking open source or merely open standards, they couldn't
have done a better job. It was tough not to read it as trying to
borrow attention and legitimacy from open source projects, but without
putting up.

In tech, anything perceived as PR games nets small short-term gains
and big long-term problems. Geeks are good with a grudge.


On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Eric MacAdie <eric at macadie.net> wrote:
> I have often thought that there is a double standard in open source. When
> IBM open sources some software, people commend them. When Sun does it,
> people question their motives.
>
>  Eric MacAdie
>
>
>
>  Kenneth P. Stox wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 08:34 -0700, Mike Scott wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Does this sound ominous to anyone?
> > >
> > > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/16/2337224
> > >
> > > -Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > If you would read the responses, you will find that Marten Mickos states
> > that MySQL planned this prior to the acquisition by Sun. He even hints
> > that there is a possibility that Sun will stop it.
> > It really pisses me off that some Open Source advocates like to attack
> > Sun. Over time, Sun has done more for Open Source than any other
> > company. Although far from perfect, Sun is an ally that we should
> > recognize and commend.
> >
> >
>
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