MySQL Co-Founder Monty Widenius Quits Sun

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 5, 2009 @08:56AM from the good-luck-with-the-next-thing-monty dept.

BobB-nw writes "Michael 'Monty' Widenius, the original developer of the open-source MySQL database, has left Sun Microsystems and is starting his own company, Monty Program Ab, he said in a blog post Thursday. Widenius and Sun had a slightly rocky relationship since the vendor bought MySQL last year for $1 billion. In a much-discussed November blog post, he trashed Sun's decision to give MySQL 5.1 a 'generally available' designation, saying it was riddled with serious bugs. Meanwhile, Monty Program Ab will be 'a true open-source company,' with only a small number of employees who 'strive to have fun together and share the profit we create.' The company will work on the Maria project, a storage engine Widenius and others developed, he wrote.'"

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Re:Futt Bucked by mr_stinky_britches · 2009-02-05 09:15 · Score: 0, Redundant

its in california man..

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Re:Futt Bucked by ConceptJunkie · 2009-02-06 00:59 · Score: 0, Redundant

You used the wrong word. If you want me to be blunt, it makes you look ignorant.

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