[XCSSA] Follow Up On MySQL

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

For the DB heads in the group, one critical thing I missed in my  
explanation of the future of MySQL (granted, in a somewhat broken and  
compressed way :) is the irony. Sun purchased MySQL AB, which made  
Monty Widenius (the founder of MySQL) quite rich. It's open sourced  
software, however, and Sun has not really helped the development  
process all that much. Now that it's owned by Oracle, who knows what  
their plans are.

But Monty Program AB (Monty's new venture) and Percona have been  
snatching up some of the better people in MySQL/Sun/Oracle. The irony  
is that Monty could end up "buying" back MySQL AB in a roundabout way  
by having his new company become the dominant force behind the  
product. This is even more true if the Open Database Alliance (a  
venture by Monty Program, Percona, and Continuent so far) really takes  
off.

So basically Sun bought MySQL so that Monty could simply get it back  
and still end up being a really rich dude.

Go figure :)

Tim