It will great if the MYSQL guys were to buy mysql from Oracle for half the
price that Sun paid.
Yeah, I'm sure Widenous is writing a check as we speak. <rofl> He is busy
working on Maria, a stripped down branch of MySQL.
http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2008/01/maria-engine-is-released.html
They would come out making lots of money and back controlling their own
destiny.
Anyone can have control of the MySQL code because it is GPL. The only
thing stopping them is time and $$$ to organize another company, maybe
call it MySQL CD??
The "MySQL" name is not free though, it's owned by MySQL AB (or Sun
nowadays).
So even if a fork happens, it cannot take the mysql name, having to rename
tools/filenames in order to work. And after that, it has to "stick" with the
community public.
With regards,
Martijn Tonies
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com
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