Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> At MySQL, it's business as usual
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| With Sun Microsystems announcing earlier this month that it had acquired the
>| most popular open source database company, MySQL, there has been speculation
>| aplenty, some of it grossly misinformed, on just how much change this will
>| mean for staff at the small Swedish company.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| "Lots of MySQL employees are active within the community and have been
>| encouraged to blog," he said. "This is not a closed company, what happens is
>| transparent.
> `----
>
> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16346/1148/
>
> Dual License model: Future of open source?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| It is my strong opinion that open source software will become the dominate
>| model for software development in the future. The only question left to
>| decide is just how long will it take for open source to replace the
>| traditional software model? The dual license model provides incentives for
>| open source businesses to protect open source and at the same time allows
>| them to make money from selling proprietary licenses. This model creates
>| strong businesses that provide a lot of value to end users. Therefore I
>| believe that the dual license model will accelerate the adoption of open
>| source.
> `----
>
> http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2008/01/dual-license-model-future-of-open.html
>
I think it's a little like Wine or allowing binary drivers, this
probably appears to be a pragmatic position for the time-being, but in
the long run, I suspect most companies will migrate to separation of
support from aquisition.
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