MySQL chief: being open source is not enough
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| Open source startups can hit profitability sooner than it took
| closed source incumbents, as long as they steer clear of rivals'
| costly business practices.
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| "How much did Linux vendors spend promoting Linux compared to IBM on OS/2?
| How much is MySQL spending on marketing in the database sector ? not much.
| There's a very strong benefit for open source companies and they have a
| chance to rise sooner on this profitability curve," Mickos said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/25/mysql_growth/
Obligation at bottom of open source incline
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| Freedom is an obligation. Freedom isn't free. Our men and women in
| uniform know this keenly. Many will die this weekend, and we will be
| told it is to keep us free.
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| Whatever people think about the present conflict, none dare criticize
| the troops. We honor them, I believe less than we should.
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| This has everything to do with the GPL. It's the only license
| which recognizes freedom as an obligation, not to any specific
| vendor, but to the ideals of open source.
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| Steadily, over time, vendors who first saw open source as a code
| giveaway are moving toward this license, for just this reason.
| They want those who take their code to remain obligated, rather
| than use it as raw material against them.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1080
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