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[News] OpenSolaris Still Well Behind, Sun Learns from MySQL Backlash

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OpenSolaris 2008.05: Not quite there

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| It seems obvious to me that OpenSolaris was meant as a LiveCD distribution 
| first, and a standalone OS second. There are some strange behaviors present 
| in the desktop install that need ironing out before I can use it regularly. 
| The fact that I can't install it *at all* on my desktop doesn't help.   
| 
| That aside, it's always exciting to see a major player make a new offering to 
| the open-source world. The much-needed visual refresh has brought Solaris out 
| of the CDE stone age and made it look like something new, even if the code 
| base traces its lineage back to mainframe UNIX.   
| 
| Unfortunately, past the new gloss I can't see any real advantage for me in 
| using OpenSolaris over any of the hundreds of Linux distributions already out 
| there.  
| 
| If Sun wants to make progress with me, they'll need to come up with some sort 
| of compelling argument as to the virtues of Solaris over Linux. Without a 
| strong differentiator, it will be easy for the Linux world at large to 
| dismiss OpenSolaris as just another GNOME-centric distro.   
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http://www.techiemoe.com/tech/opensolaris2k8.htm

What Can We Learn from the MySQL Saga?

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| It seems appropriate that Sweden, the original home of MySQL, should be part 
| of the ancient Norse territories, for the MySQL open/closed code story is 
| threatening to turn into a saga as long and as complex as Njal's.  
| 
| To recap. First, came the news that MySQL was preparing to release some 
| backup code as closed source: 
| 
|     Officials at Sun Microsystems, which acquired MySQL in February, 
|     confirmed that new online backup capabilities now under development will 
|     be offered only to MySQL Enterprise customers -- not to the much larger 
|     number of users of the free MySQL Community edition.    
| 
| Then came the explanation from MySQL's boss, Marten Mickos:
| 
|     we are contemplating a number of scenarios. And one is that it would be 
|     closed source and nobody other than us could see the source code; another 
|     is that we give the customers the source code if they like to see it, 
|     which we certainly can do; the third one is that it is GPL, we just don't 
|     ship it to other than paying customers. So there's a number of 
|     alternatives.     
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?RSS&entryid=769

No wonder Sun could not build a community around 'Open' Solaris. They should
respect MySQL's community.


Recent:

MySQL Server is Open Source, even Backup extensions

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| As reported yesterday from CommunityOne:
| 
|     * MySQL Server is and will always remain fully functional and open 
|       source, 
|     * so will the MySQL Connectors, and
|     * so will the main storage engines we ship.
| 
| In addition:
| 
|     * MySQL 6.0’s pending backup functionality will be open source,
|     * the MyISAM driver for MySQL Backup will be open source, and
|     * the encryption and compression backup features will be open source,
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http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/2008/05/06/mysql-server-is-open-source-even-backup-extensions/


MySQL to remain as open source

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| Marten Mickos, former CEO at MySQL and now senior vice president of Sun's 
| database group, explained that the company has developed high-end add-ons 
| such as encryption, native storage engine-specific drivers, that they will 
| deliver to Enterprise customers only. Mickos stated, "MySQL isn't going 
| closed source."    
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http://www.newsoxy.com/mysql/to_remain_as_open_source/article10819.htm
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