> Olaf Stein wrote: > > I am still amazed by the fact that youtube "is worth" 1.5 billion and MySQL > > AB barely 1 billion. Did they sell under price? Or does Google just have way > > to much many to spend/waste? > > > > Greetings from the just wondering... > > Olaf > MySQL A.B., so far as I know, derives income from training, pubs sales, > and enterprise support, with expense for salaries, space leases (at > least some staff work from home), and equipment. The value of such an
Don't forget "licensing MySQL". > organization is inevitably based on somebody's best guess about future > revenues. I'm encouraged about the prospects of MySQL when I remember > that Sun is a major sponsor of open source application software. Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, NexusDB, Oracle & MS SQL Server Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com My thoughts: http://blog.upscene.com/martijn/ Database development questions? Check the forum! http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
