Dear Everyone,
I have been looking at this mysql.com/org dispute for a while now,
and i must say i am getting more and more wurried. I have been a
faithfull user of MySql for some years now. Not because it is the 'best
full features database out there', but because it serves my specific
needs perfectly (easy intergration with PHP and support for tons of
images stored in a database).
First MySql was a commercial product, freely available for most
situations, and all was well with me. Though i strongly prefer GPL, it
was still a source tar.gz, and i can imagine a company needs to try to
make money any way they can..
Later MySql was GPL'd and i rejoiced.. No more wurries about finding
out about licencing issues, and hoping for good 3rd party contributions
to MySql.. All was well and my choice for MySql was only re-affirmed.
Now, a few years after first using MySql, a major dispute seems to
plague the 'image' of MySql, and posibly also the future of the product.
Big disputes like this won't make any customer of mine choose my
MySql-based product any faster, quite the oposite, and i have already
recieved numorous questions from my clients about my MySql choice..
I am not siding with any party, nor giving (or want to have) any
opinion on this dispute, however it is hurting my buisness, and my faith
in continued fast development in MySql. MySql is not 'there' yet, it has
a while to go before it is 'there' (thats why external parties
sponsoring or helping with mysql 4 sounded great). And any obstacles
like this will make people doubt if it will 'get there'.
For my clients, and my self, only the bottom line matters... will
this still be a product of choice in a few years, and is it worth the
investment of resources to use it.
The last thing that wurries me is the lack of updates on the issue,
when i, as a wurried client & customer go to the mysql.com website, the
only thing i find is a 'open inventation for 2001/07/18'. Being
deep-august i presume that has come and gone, and no results or
communications can be found.. (and the changelog mentioning: All
reference to Gemini DB removed). MySql.org offers even less information.
So, my real question, is MySql still the top choice for developers?
Can you affirm that my choice for MySql is the right one?
-- Chris Chabot
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