Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> In a Vortex
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | In a vortex. That's the only way to describe the past thirty days, during
> | which we closed out our second quarter, and put together the transaction to
> | acquire MySQL. How'd it all start?
> |
> | "That'll never happen, I've been trying for years." That's what I told Rich
> | Green (EVP, Software at Sun) about six months ago in response to his
> | assertion, "if there were one company I'd love to acquire, it'd be MySQL.
> | They're an amazing company." Why'd I say it was impossible?
> |
> | For nearly five years, I've been getting together for dinner with Marten
> | Mickos, MySQL's CEO, catching up on the industry, chatting about trends and
> | business models, and just as the dessert was about to be served... I'd
> | say, "geez, we have so much in common, Marten, we see the world so similarly,
> | what would you think about becoming a part of Sun?"
> `----
>
> http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/in_a_vortex
>
> Nice video as well.
>
>
> Related:
>
> How and why MySQL grabbed $1bn in five weeks
Roy Spammowitz now openly advocating close source, proprietary licensing
and third parties making a fortune from OSS programmers hard work (and
those programmers obviously receiving little, if anything, in return).
Strange.
One would have expected a "BoycottMySQL" site. But no, plenty of room
for a few more noses in the trough!
A bit plate of Hypocrisy with a large brandy and cigar all round please!
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