On Apr 19, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Rick Schummer wrote:
>> There is no way that Sun or any other company can reverse that. You
>> still have exactly the same rights to the source code as you had
>> before. If your business relied on it, you could still take the
>> source and modify it to your needs.<<
>
> Such a simple pointed statement, while completely true, is highly
> impractical. How many developers
> using MySQL can maintain, enhance, or even support the source code
> for MySQL? Better yet, even if
> capable, what percentage of the developers would even have time to
> look into it *and* keep their
> apps and business afloat?
Of course I can't give you exact numbers, but I don't think that
programming in C is all that rare of a talent. Look at how many
programs out there are written in C; it isn't that obscure of a skill.
I've even supplied a couple of patches for products, and my C skills
are weak at best.
I *can* tell you exactly how many developers using any Microsoft
product can "maintain, enhance, or even support the source code" for
that product:
Zero.
-- Ed Leafe
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