Comments on: MySQL’s business model in a state of flux

By: 451 CAOS Theory » MySQL’s cloudy new database project

451 CAOS Theory » MySQL’s cloudy new database project — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:23:30 +0000

[...] to see that MySQL, which many would consider one of the more mature open source projects, continues to evolve and experiment, especially now it has more freedom to do so as part of Sun. As Monty [...]

By: 451 CAOS Theory » That’s MeSQL, by the way

451 CAOS Theory » That’s MeSQL, by the way — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:30:23 +0000

[...] MeSQL, by the way Matthew Aslett, April 25, 2008 @ 8:50 am ET I really thought I was done writing about MySQL for a while, but I attended a Sun/MySQL event in London today and have some shocking [...]

By: Open Source Business Models at Talend blog

Open Source Business Models at Talend blog — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:04:38 +0000

[...] I was researching sources for a previous post, I found in in a 451 Group blog post a reference to a presentation delivered by Marten Mickos at OSBC last year in which he exposed his [...]

By: 451 CAOS Theory » Trying to keep the customer satisfied

451 CAOS Theory » Trying to keep the customer satisfied — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:22:50 +0000

[...] April 21, 2008 @ 9:39 am ET I was just reading Fabrizio Capobanco’s take on the MySQL excitement (”this move is clearly into the right direction”) when it occurred to me that the [...]

By: 451 CAOS Theory » MySQL licensing redux

451 CAOS Theory » MySQL licensing redux — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:33:30 +0000

[...] licensing redux Matthew Aslett, May 7, 2008 @ 5:33 am ET After all the fuss it appears that MySQL will be remaining open source after all. As Kaj Arno and Monty [...]

By: jok

jok — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:55:28 +0000

you have a good website

By: Blog Xebia France - Revue de Presse Xebia

Blog Xebia France - Revue de Presse Xebia — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:37:21 +0000

[...] Pour plus de détails sur cette histoire, nous vous recommandons la série de The 451 Group : MySQL’s business model in a state of flux, Finding the right balance - MySQL’s changing development model et Jonathan Schwartz has the last [...]

By: Thoughts on the MySQL controversy at Talend blog

Thoughts on the MySQL controversy at Talend blog — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:41:28 +0000

[...] Aslett further commented on the 451 Group blog: “Sun (or MySQL) is not going to begin closing the source code of MySQL features, but it is [...]

By: Log Buffer #93: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

Log Buffer #93: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:16:57 +0000

[...] Aslett of 451 CAOS Theory writes that MySQL’s business model in a state of flux. He says, “. . . the problem MySQL has right now is a public relations problem [...]

By: Karl Katzke | Puppies, PHP, and other geekery

Karl Katzke | Puppies, PHP, and other geekery — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:42:24 +0000

[...] updates: Matthew Aslett, Marten Micoks on jcole.us: [ 1 ] Slashdot: [ 1, 2 ], Lukas Smith’s [...]

By: Matthew Aslett

Matthew Aslett — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:46:31 +0000

It’s a good point. I only covered the business model aspects in my post, whereas Jeremy Cole looks more at the implications on the development model. Certainly it would appear to be counter-intuitive from a development and testing perspective.

By: Antonio Serrano

Antonio Serrano — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:39:23 +0000

My opinion about this is simple. If Sun are going to introduce some new features only for enterprise will let open source without an exhaustive development.

It’s a simple theory…if don’t earn money with this, I’ll not develop it…

these are bad news for all open source community…maybe It’s time to go to another DB??

By: Software Development Company

Software Development Company — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:49:01 +0000

MySQL to launch new features only in MySQL Enterprise. more information is that encryption, native storage engine-specific drivers) that will deliver to customers in the MySQL Enterprise product only.

By: tecosystems » The State of MySQL

tecosystems » The State of MySQL — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:51:10 +0000

[...] a recent piece from Matthew Aslett attests, MySQL has been fairly willing - almost aggressively so at times - to experiment with its business [...]

By: Matthew Aslett

Matthew Aslett — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:13:53 +0000

Thanks Steve. I’ll add it to the post.

By: Steve Curry

Steve Curry — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:56:04 +0000

Matt — Zack Urlocker has posted further clarification on his blog at http://www.theopenforce.com/2008/04/two-markets-in.html