Hi Kay
On 18/03/2009, at 7:24 AM, Kay Röpke wrote:
On Mar 17, 2009, at 10:07 PM, Arjen Lentz wrote:
I look forward to a time when MySQL will use OSS development once
again. It is not an economic risk, it's a massive business asset to
do so.
Sorry to troll, but I just cannot resist:
Exactly who is the main sponsor of work on drizzle?
I don't think that's particularly relevant.
It's certainly the case that a number of Sun people are majorly or
fulltime involved with Drizzle.
However, how is this related to the open development of MySQL?
Drizzle is not MySQL.
Or is Drizzle an open development of MySQL? Nah...
And btw, everyone active on this list (and not only this one, mind
you) believes in OSS so there's no need to go all "you guys do it
wrong" on us, just because we happen to work for this company.
I'm not getting a paycheck to contribute to this project, but yet
I'm here, am I not? (same is true for Mark)
Your presence here is most appreciated. And I would say that part of
your paycheck IS to be involved in various related projects.
And I also believe that if anyone working for whatever company brings
up something that is debatable (such as the NRE logic Mark brought
up), then I think it's valid to expect comments on that and see it
discussed. That is not an attack on the person, but a discussion on
the topic that was raised.
With regard to "you guys"... when I still worked at MySQL, it was "us
guys" getting it wrong in some ways. It was us, and I was part of it.
My opinion has not changed, just the position from which I work. I am
now also in a position where I can actively influence how I do work
myself, i.e. putting my money (and activities) where my mouth is.
Cheers,
Arjen.
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