Martjin, I really don't like to point fingers or anything like that, but the simple fact Oracle owns the MySQL copyrights is by it self very concerning, as all our investments (time and money) could be lost over night, if Oracles decides to close de source or change it's licensing policies. Many could say "Oh, they will not do that, because they promised not to.", as an old professor of mine said:
"What isn't written, does not count! Everything else is here say, and there is no legal or moral grounds." As a sailor I saw what Larry Ellisson did with the oldest and most prestigious match race in the sport of sailing, the America's Cup. He and Ernesto Bertarelli (a swiss billionaire) are fighting in the New York Supreme Court for over 3 years for power, and almost 160 years of history and sportsmanship are being destroyed. Personally, that's not Ellisson's fault because Bertarelli is the one who is trying to subvert the rules (the Deed of Gift written in 1852 and that drives the competition until today http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deed_of_Gift), but this shows the kind of mentality that Ellisson works with: Until the last consequences. More info at: http://www.yachtingmagazine.com/article.jsp?ID=1000070610 Best Regards, Bruno B. B. Magalhães BLACKBEAN CONSULTORIA Rua Real Grandeza 193, Sala 210, Botafogo Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22281-035, Brasil +55 (21) 9695-2263 +55 (21) 2266-0597 www.blackbean.com.br Esta mensagem pode conter informação confidencial e/ou privilegiada. Se você não for o destinatário ou a pessoa autorizada a receber esta mensagem, não pode usar, copiar ou divulgar as informações nela contidas ou tomar qualquer ação baseada nessas informações. Se você recebeu esta mensagem por engano, por favor avise imediatamente o remetente, respondendo o e-mail e em seguida apague-o. Agradecemos sua cooperação. This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. On Dec 17, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Martijn Tonies wrote: > John, > > Another read on the subject: > http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/12/10/the-case-against-the-case-against-oracle-mysql/ > > Enjoy. > > With regards, > > Martijn Tonies > Upscene Productions > http://www.upscene.com > > > I see some of your point Martin but I think the eu would look at that letter > and see the author is stating 'MySQL has been used as a pricing lever'. That > single factor should be enough for them to be very concerned by an > acquisition as removing an effective pricing lever from the market by > acquisition is anti-competitive and helps increase or maintain high prices. > > I don't believe you could use any other open source database as a pricing > lever in the same way because none are as mature or offer the levels of > support that MySQL does and no other open source system can boast the > performance benefits (especially with ndbcluster) or the availability of > suitably trained and certified people to support their products. > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=brunomagalh...@blackbean.com.br > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
