Glad to hear this because I figured oracle was going to kill it as they don't want any competition, especially free competition.
When are we going to start enforcing the monopoly laws? Virgil Bierschwale http://www.VetsFIndingVets.org http://www.KeepAmericaAtWork.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions,LLC Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:43 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Interesting article on MySQL licensing Ed Leafe wrote: > On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:57 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > >> http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/02/17/when-are-you-required-to-have-a- >> commercial-mysql-license/ >> >> From the article: "You need a commercial license if you want to >> embed MySQL within your non-Free program. Note that embed is not the >> same as "make a connection to."" > > Now that Oracle owns the MySQL license, a group of the main MySQL developers have left Oracle to work on the Drizzle project, which is taking the open source code from MySQL, cutting out a lot of the cruft that accumulated through years of adding stuff to the basic engine, and coming up with a much leaner database. > > I mention this because this week Rackspace announced that we have hired the Drizzle team to develop this project. > > http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/development/rackspace-hires-refuge > es-from-mysql-offshoot-drizzle > ( -or- http://j.mp/c67CTL ) > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - Meanwhile, Rackspace considers Drizzle to be "a database that will provide them an infrastructure piece that will be modular and scalable enough to meet the needs of their very diverse cloud customers," Pipes said. > > MySQL itself has issues that can't be fixed "with simple hacks and workarounds," he added. In addition, Rackspace is using the Cassandra storage framework, and sees promise in integrating it with Drizzle, he said. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - > > It sure feels great to be part of a company that doesn't just take from the Open Source world, but actively supports it. Things like this make me feel good about the future. Thanks. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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/2bfc54e2c04c4650a4d268aa28f45...@stanpc ** 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.
