{"id":1629,"date":"2009-12-29T15:27:27","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T20:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2009-12-29T15:28:32","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T20:28:32","slug":"helping-save-mysql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/12\/29\/helping-save-mysql","title":{"rendered":"helping (save) mysql"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest in the whole <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/12\/13\/urgent-action-needed-to-help-save-mysql\">Save MySQL<\/a> campaign: <a href=\"http:\/\/helpmysql.org\/\">HelpMySQL.org<\/a>. Monty has a really long blog post on how to <a href=\"http:\/\/monty-says.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/help-keep-internet-free.html\">help keep the Internet free<\/a>. When you read that, scroll down towards <em>&#8220;Q: How do the proposed remedies benefit your company, Monty Program Ab?&#8221;<\/em> Understand that Monty is doing this for the love of the codebase and the project that is MySQL&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Totally love the copywriting here: <a href=\"http:\/\/helpmysql.org\/en\/theissue\/customerspaythebill\">Customers pay the bill: Oracle can have Sun but not MySQL.<\/a> There&#8217;s been a lot of FUD in the last few months, but I suggest you read the <a href=\"http:\/\/helpmysql.org\/en\/theissue\/customerspaythebill\">issues<\/a> (with an open mind), check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/helpmysql.org\/en\/faq\/petition\">FAQ<\/a>, and if you&#8217;d like, <a href=\"http:\/\/helpmysql.org\/en\/petition\">sign the petition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For me? Never again, will I recommend software for commercial use that doesn&#8217;t have a lively developer community. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetnews.com\/software\/article.php\/3854821\">Sun reductions hitting open source efforts<\/a> proves why &#8211; commercial (only\/mostly) backed open source, just seems troublesome, when companies get merged\/sold\/et al.<\/p>\n<p>OK, back to your regular scheduled programming. I shall enjoy my visit to a rather cold and wet London. 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