What Can We Learn from the MySQL Saga? | Linux Today

What Can We Learn from the MySQL Saga?

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Glyn Mody
May 10, 2008

“It seems appropriate that Sweden, the original home of MySQL,
should be part of the ancient Norse territories, for the MySQL
open/closed code story is threatening to turn into a saga as long
and as complex as Njal’s.

“To recap. First, came the news that MySQL was preparing to
release some backup code as closed source…”


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Glyn Mody

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