If it's GNU licensed now, wouldn't it still be under that license even if MS bought it? When you buy MySQL, you aren't buying the software, it's like buying redhat linux, you are purchasing the support behind it.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Tom Piwowar <[email protected]> wrote: > >Does ignoring Sun show that Ballmer is too out of touch to lead M$, at > >least to any good place? Thoughts? > > If M$ had bought $un that would have been very scary. That would > definitely would have been the end of MySQL and OpenOffice and maybe the > rest of us too. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
