Groklaw: Correcting Forbes’ Untrue Account About MySQL

“So, imagine my surprise to learn from Daniel Lyons’ article in
Forbes that I hate MySQL for entering a partnership with SCO, and I
summoned its CEO, Marten Mickos, to appear before a ‘Stalinist show
trial’ here on Groklaw, which he felt obliged to endure, ‘cackling’
fanatic commenters and all, in hopes of restoring his reputation.
As it happens, Marten and I were just discussing which day to
publish an article he has written for Groklaw, so we were both
surprised.

“So, naturally, I asked Marten if what Forbes published about
him was accurate, particularly whether he said, as Lyons reported,
that ‘kowtowing to the open source ‘community’ is the price of
doing business in the open source world.’ Marten has provided a
statement, correcting the Forbes misinformation. Lyons wrote things
that are not true. Why…?”

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