Interesting position. The NuSphere’s people are really very clever. Interesante posicion. Sabiendo el respeto que tenemos por Paul, este mensaje juega a favor de NuSphere. Paul DuBois wrote: > In the interests of stemming some of the flood of invective being > directed against NuSphere... > > I am an employee of NuSphere. > > Those of you who feel it necessary immediately to jump up and denounce > NuSphere for their sins, please ask yourself: Do you think I'd work for > them if I thought they were a bunch of scumbags? They're not. NuSphere > is interested in promoting MySQL, not in destroying it. For example, > they pay me a salary to support my writing about MySQL full time, and > they make no demands that I mention NuSphere in my books (though they're > of course happy if I do). You'll see some of the fruit of this support > next month when the MySQL/Perl book comes out - a book that I hope will > be of some service to the MySQL community. > > The dispute will be worked out by the parties involved. Nobody's happy > about it, but resolving it is difficult because both sides feel they > have a reasonable position. You can see this from the messages being > posted by the directors of MySQL AB and NuSphere. And of course once > the lawyers get involved, things don't get any easier. > > Make your opinions known, certainly. You're all part of the MySQL > community and your views are valuable. But please, leave the flames out > of it. They're not constructive. > > Please be clear what I'm saying. I am an employee of (not an apologist > for) NuSphere, and I'm not saying "don't criticize NuSphere." I'm saying > that flames aren't helping anything, particularly if you are not in > possession of all the facts behind the dispute. > > No one at NuSphere has asked that I write this. They've asked me for > feedback, but no one has suggested that I take a "side". I am reluctant > to do so anyway because it's not clear that there's any merit in doing > so, and I don't think I have all the facts, either. > > Paul DuBois > Author, "MySQL" (the book, not the server!) > > -- > Paul DuBois, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
