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MySQL CEO Interview

Posted by Hemos on

someonewhois writes "MySQL's CEO, Marten Mickos, says 'Open source & MySQL will rise, legal foes will fall', in a bold prediction that legal issues will continue to be ignored as a threat towards open source, and that software patents will harm the industry (well, duh)."

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  1. A little too bold.... by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny

    He'd better watch it before Bill Gates makes him an offer he can't refuse, and he wakes up with a penguin head in his bed.

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    1. Re:A little too bold.... by dcrocha · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bill: Marten, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the database world.
      Marten: I'll never join you.
      Bill: I am your father.
      Marten: No. That's not true. That's impossible.
      Bill: Search your feelings you know it to be true.
      Marten: Nooooo. Nooooo.
      Bill: Yes I am.
      Marten: Ok then.

  2. YOU ARE INCORRECT, SIR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Postgre and Firebird are toys.

    MySQL is like the playmobile activity center you put in an infants crib, so that one day when he sees a real database he won't be too scared of it.

  3. uh, Hemos.. by froggero1 · · Score: 4, Funny
    from the dept.

    what department would that be exaclly?

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    1. Re:uh, Hemos.. by Frank+T.+Lofaro+Jr. · · Score: 2, Funny

      from the dept.

      From the (department name got lost because of lack of MySQL database consistancy) department, of course. Maybe Slashdot should switch to PostgreSQL, it is open source too. And then parts of the article title header would be safe from corruption, but our ideals would stay safe too. :)

      Happy Martin Luther King Day everyone! Google, why no special logo for today?! :(

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  4. Phew by Bluetick · · Score: 3, Funny

    And here I was expecting him to say "Hey, sell your shares, this company and this open source stuff is fucked." Well this is a relief.

  5. Re:Geographic Information Systems by GigsVT · · Score: 3, Funny

    Moderations are stored in a MySQL database, which detects and silently converts moderations that are positive to ones that are negative, when they are attached to a message critical of MySQL.

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