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Story: Sun delivers its first MySQL update

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First announcement...sign of intent

Ketan Karia, SVP Marketing EMEA at Ingres: With the latest announcements from Sun/MySQL it looks as if the open source community is losing MySQL to a proprietary model. And as the first major announcement since their acquisition, it’s clear that Sun’s invisible hand is at work, focused less on the true meaning of open source and more on revenue generation.

Trust and credibility are key to fostering a strong open source community. Holding back key items from your community only alienates the users and weakens the product. By now the industry has seen the benefits of an open source model, and the synergy among the contributors that results in a stronger product and innovation. At Ingres, we have often looked to others in the open source space for ideas and guidance on how to help grow our own community. MySQL’s latest move is certainly one that we will not introduce.

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