Comments on: Putting a value on MySQL

By: On the question of MySQL’s state of health « PlanetMysql.ru – информация о СУБД MySQL

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:49:37 +0000

[...] but those outside Sun don’t know what from and what to. Mind you, those outside MySQL/Sun never knew what MySQL’s revenue was in the first [...]

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451 CAOS Theory » On the question of MySQL’s state of health — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:45:25 +0000

[...] but those outside Sun don’t know what from and what to. Mind you, those outside MySQL/Sun never knew what MySQL’s revenue was in the first place. Permalink | Technorati Links | Bookmark on [...]

By: Gartner’s open source database forecast doesn’t make sense « rand($thoughts);

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:46:52 +0000

[...] we’d start with MySQL. I used the 2005-2007 estimates for MySQL’s revenue found on Matt Aslet’s excellent post regarding MySQL revenue. For 2008 I used a 50% growth rate, which is in line with the 55% growth [...]

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:25:21 +0000

This one may be a curious addition:

http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9853461-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

“JBoss? 2005 revenue was $17 million and bookings were roughly $27 million. Red Hat acquired JBoss in 2006 for $350 million.”

He claims he undersold, but then again, he was never too happy at Red Hat for other reasons (other than lack of money/budget allocated to his division).

The value has more to do with userbase (control) than revenue. The same goes for Web sites, including this blog of yours.