RE: Oracle , what else ?

[John Daisley]

> On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 17:58 +0100, Gabriel - IP Guys wrote:
>> > The real question is whether they will let MySQL
>> > wither
>> > and die by not providing updates for it?
>>
>> Well, MySQL is open source, right? And the source is available? I'm
>> sure
>> a team of devs will come to the rescue. As for MySQL, as a company,
>> they
>> don't make even close to the potential money they can. People do not
>> really go to MySQL for support, which is the model RedHat uses. For
>> MySQL, it's different, because the MySQL userbase by their very
>> nature,
>> solve problems for a living. They have the attitude of how can I fix
>> things? How do I make things work the way I want? This has a serious
>> adverse effect on MySQL as a company, because the number one revenue
>> stream for any company whos main 'product' or 'service' is open source
>> based, is the support contract.
>>
>
> The code is available under the GPL but the documentation is not.
> Without adequate documentation a project becomes less accessible and
> less used.
>
> -Janek

At the MySQL Conference & Expo 2009 they were talking about making the
documentation GPL. Lets hope they press on with that!

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