On 05/04/2010 08:30 AM, C wrote:
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 15:07, Robert Schweikert <rschweikert@novell.com> wrote:
With mysql now owned by Oracle, who knows how long it'll be maintained.
Oracle has made a public statement about its commitment to MySQL http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/042364 Insinuating that Oracle will stop maintaining MySQL is stirring up the FUD and nothing more. Oracle had to make clear commitments to MySQL as part of the EU Commission investigations into the purchase of Sun.
Take a look into what really happened, and the claims made by Mr. Widenius (primary original author of MySQL), vs the statements made by Marten Mickos (former CEO of MySQL)... maybe you'll learn something about the person behind MariaDB.
C.
Troublesome: 2. Non-assertion. As copyright holder, Oracle will change Sun’s current policy and shall not assert or threaten to assert against anyone that a third party vendor’s implementations of storage engines must be released under the GPL because they have implemented the application programming interfaces available as part of MySQL’s Pluggable Storage Engine Architecture. A commercial license will not be required by Oracle from third party storage engine vendors in order to implement the application programming interfaces available as part of MySQL's Pluggable Storage Engine Architecture. Reassuring: 9. MySQL Reference Manual. Oracle will continue to maintain, update and make available for download at no charge a MySQL Reference Manual similar in quality to that currently made available by Sun. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org