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MySQL Open Source Heroes Leave Sun

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Roberto Galoppini
on February 7, 2009
in Commercial OSS, Get these facts and Random thoughts
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Mårten Gustaf Mickos - formerly MySQL CEO and now open source strategist at Sun until the end of Sun’s fiiscal 3rd quarter 2009 - and Ulf Michael Videnius (aka Monty) - MySQL co-founder and CTO, now driving the development of Maria, the new storage engine Maria - both quit Sun Microsystems.

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Sun Open Source Business: Is Sun Finding its Way?

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Roberto Galoppini
on February 3, 2009
in Commercial OSS, Migration, Open Business Models and OpenOffice.org
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Sun reported results for its second quarter of fiscal 2009, and Dana Blankenhorn, Matt Asay and the Var Guy all agree that when it comes to open source Sun is on the rise. Simon Phipps states that open source is driving the new Sun, and Jonathan Schwartz keeps saying that open source is key. 

The value of the Sun brand maybe the reason behind the growth in MySQL billings, but we don’t know actually what ’MySQL/infrastracture’ means, and drawing conclusions is a guessing game. 

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Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.