Comments on: MySQL ‘godfather’ Monty leaves MySQL: what’s next? http://blog.olindata.com/2009/02/mysql-godfather-monty-leaves-mysql-whats-next/ Interesting tidbits on things MySQL Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:33:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Erin http://blog.olindata.com/2009/02/mysql-godfather-monty-leaves-mysql-whats-next/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Erin Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:38:52 +0000 http://blog.olindata.com/?p=51#comment-11 I'm not worried. When there's a buyout folks generally leave in the 6 months - 1 year time frame. It's just the nature of it. I was worried about MySQL when releases slowed down, even though I expected there to be a slow down during the re-org. MySQL seems to be back on track with releases. AND we have Drizzle moving full speed ahead. I'm not worried about the life of MySQL. However, when Oracle bought InnoDB I was worried. We don't see a lot of bug fixes there. Oracle was arrogant at the MySQL conference about the users needs from InnoDB. Thankfully we have Percona to come to the rescue. This is opensource at its best. I’m not worried. When there’s a buyout folks generally leave in the 6 months - 1 year time frame. It’s just the nature of it. I was worried about MySQL when releases slowed down, even though I expected there to be a slow down during the re-org. MySQL seems to be back on track with releases. AND we have Drizzle moving full speed ahead. I’m not worried about the life of MySQL.

However, when Oracle bought InnoDB I was worried. We don’t see a lot of bug fixes there. Oracle was arrogant at the MySQL conference about the users needs from InnoDB. Thankfully we have Percona to come to the rescue. This is opensource at its best.

]]> By: Brian Aker http://blog.olindata.com/2009/02/mysql-godfather-monty-leaves-mysql-whats-next/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Brian Aker Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:06:00 +0000 http://blog.olindata.com/?p=51#comment-10 Hi! Drizzle is a fork of MySQL, the rest are different distributions of MySQL with parts modified or changed out for the distribution. All of them are aiming to be a better Enterprise databases, while Drizzle is targetted at Web/Cloud. If anything the two compliment each other. MySQL can go after the old school Enterprise while Drizzle moves forward to collect new usage. Cheers, -Brian Hi!

Drizzle is a fork of MySQL, the rest are different distributions of MySQL with parts modified or changed out for the distribution. All of them are aiming to be a better Enterprise databases, while Drizzle is targetted at Web/Cloud. If anything the two compliment each other. MySQL can go after the old school Enterprise while Drizzle moves forward to collect new usage.

Cheers,
-Brian

]]> By: Sean http://blog.olindata.com/2009/02/mysql-godfather-monty-leaves-mysql-whats-next/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Sean Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:15:46 +0000 http://blog.olindata.com/?p=51#comment-9 You must also consider some of the conditions in this contract with Sun/MySQL, does he have non-compete agreement? Is he allowed to communicate w/ Sun employees about hiring (usually 12-24 months period)? etc... You must also consider some of the conditions in this contract with Sun/MySQL, does he have non-compete agreement? Is he allowed to communicate w/ Sun employees about hiring (usually 12-24 months period)? etc…

]]> By: jim winstead http://blog.olindata.com/2009/02/mysql-godfather-monty-leaves-mysql-whats-next/comment-page-1/#comment-8 jim winstead Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:09:05 +0000 http://blog.olindata.com/?p=51#comment-8 i think the "20-30 people are ready to leave" rumor comes from monty saying that he hopes to grow monty program ab (his new company) to 10-30 people. i doubt there are that many people ready to leave sun/mysql to join him, or that he would be ready to start managing a group that large right away, but i don't have any special insight into what is going on. i think the “20-30 people are ready to leave” rumor comes from monty saying that he hopes to grow monty program ab (his new company) to 10-30 people. i doubt there are that many people ready to leave sun/mysql to join him, or that he would be ready to start managing a group that large right away, but i don’t have any special insight into what is going on.

]]> By: Walter Heck http://blog.olindata.com/2009/02/mysql-godfather-monty-leaves-mysql-whats-next/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Walter Heck Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:53:23 +0000 http://blog.olindata.com/?p=51#comment-7 Well, he probably didn't get all of those billion dollars :) Granted though, I doubt he is a very poor bastard :) Well, he probably didn’t get all of those billion dollars :)
Granted though, I doubt he is a very poor bastard :)

]]> By: BackInTheDayDBA http://blog.olindata.com/2009/02/mysql-godfather-monty-leaves-mysql-whats-next/comment-page-1/#comment-6 BackInTheDayDBA Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:35:54 +0000 http://blog.olindata.com/?p=51#comment-6 Gotta love Monty's chutzpah - take a $billionfrom Sun, then take the developers and leave to do it all over again. Gotta love Monty’s chutzpah - take a $billionfrom Sun, then take the developers and leave to do it all over again.

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