At 9:34 AM +0100 7/16/01, Santi Chumbe wrote: >Interesting position. The NuSphere’s people are really very clever. If I'm reading your statement correctly, you appear to be using "clever" as an innuendo for "mendacious." If that is so, I must respectfully disagree, and point out that statements of that nature are not helpful to the discussion. > >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] -- 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
