Bongo and Twisted Join the Software Freedom Conservancy
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| The Software Freedom Conservancy, home of Free and Open Source Software
| (FOSS) projects, has welcomed its two newest members, the Bongo and Twisted
| projects. The Conservancy now boasts a total of thirteen projects.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/application/16066/bongo-twisted-join-software-freedom-conservancy
MySQL's Mårten Mickos on Sun: "We Feel Like We Have Joined a Giant Startup"
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| MySQL's Mårten Mickos has been speaking out on the deep background to his
| company's decision, instead of pursuing an IPO, to allowing Sun to acquire
| it. "We feel like we have joined a giant startup," Mickos gushes, before
| singling out Jonathan Schwartz's "brilliant" CEO charisma as one of the chief
| tipping-points: "Who wouldn't want to work for him?"
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http://linuxbusinessnews.sys-con.com/read/497444_p.htm
Related:
At MySQL, it's business as usual
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| With Sun Microsystems announcing earlier this month that it had acquired the
| most popular open source database company, MySQL, there has been speculation
| aplenty, some of it grossly misinformed, on just how much change this will
| mean for staff at the small Swedish company.
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| [...]
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| "Lots of MySQL employees are active within the community and have been
| encouraged to blog," he said. "This is not a closed company, what happens is
| transparent.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16346/1148/
Sun's MySQL Move: A Win-Win
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| Gordon Haff, a senior IT advisor with consultancy Illuminata, has a less
| exuberant take on Sun's move. He sees it as a good thing for Sun as well as a
| great thing for MySQL.
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http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=21912
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