Im a bit confused, nothing unusual. mySQL is or was open source. Who actualy owned it ? And how can it be sold when it’s a colaboration of peoples work. Sort of stinks that someone can get people to do the work then sell them down the river. Or maybe it just says what a big stink some people are. Allen
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: 18 April 2008 23:20 Ugly headline, too clever by half. Here's the scoop: one of the innovative companies that tried to combine Open Source software creation with a money-making product got bought by one of the big UNIX vendors for ONE BILLION DOLLARS. Wow. A couple geeks in a garage, ala Yahoo or Google. Geeks shake in their boots screaming "The Sky is falling! the Sky is falling!" just like when Adam Green started teaching SQL Anywhere, or Borland bought dBASE or Microsoft bought Fox. Is the sky falling? Time will tell. Sun won't get their money back by pissing off their customer base. But they've been heavy-handed and clumsy before. Like, oh, who else might we name :)? Sun's gone through a change of ownership. OpenSolaris is doing pretty well. Let's watch and see what happens... Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/c9415b010804181420o7845d66ey81394f058 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.1/1384 - Release Date: 17/04/2008 15:47 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
