SUNshine makes MySQL happy

Well, well, well... my last posting mentioned a link on slashdot where there was an announcement about MySQL mentioning intentions of close sourcing some of the stuff for their paying customers. As expected, there was a lot of hue and cry over it. Guess some in the PostgreSQL camp were happy rolling their I-Told-You-So eyes too.
It turns out that SUN and others in their camp have paid heed to all and again this link on slashdot says that they WON'T be close sourcing afterall. Interesting stuff this.. I wonder how many times companies have even been influenced in such an OPEN manner to do something of this sort. But GOOD I say :)

Don't let the SUN go down on MySQL

There is a posting on /. about Sun deciding to close source some parts of MySQL. Hmmm, after paying 1 Billion Dollars in cold hard cash, its expected that Sun will try out some experiments to try and generate a revenue stream. But guess this will rub existing free users off the wrong way atleast initially as a knee-jerk reaction. Guess it will be good for PostgreSQL though :).

But to be fair, its good to see Marten Mickos (previously CEO of MySQL and now SVP at Sun) try and put out reasons for this latest move. All in all, this bodes well for my favourite DB - PostgreSQL :)

Note: The views expressed above are entirely my own personal views.