On Oct 7, 2010, at 4:27 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
>> Another real leader leaves.
>>
>> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/07/mysql_veteran_leaves_sunoracle/>
>
> No worries (yet).
Note that while Oracle own MySQL, there are two main forks of the code
base that are completely free. First is Drizzle, which is a stripped-down,
optimized version of MySQL (sponsored in large part by Rackspace). Another is
MariaDB, which is a project run by the creator of MySQL to create a 1:1 drop-in
replacement for MySQL that is independent of any Oracle ownership.
That's the beauty of free (as in freedom) software: no one can buy it
and kill it.
-- Ed Leafe
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