Sun Announces New MySQL, Michael Widenius Forks
viktor.91 writes “Sun Microsystems announced three new MySQL products: MySQL 5.4, MySQL Cluster 7.0 and MySQL Enterprise Partner Program for ‘Remote DBA’ service providers.” which showed up in the firehose today next to Glyn Moody’s submission where he writes “Michael Widenius, founder and original developer of MySQL, says that most of the leading coders for that project have either left Sun or will be leaving in the wake of Oracle’s takeover. To ensure MySQL’s survival, he wants to fork from the official version — using his company Monty Program Ab to create what he calls a MySQL “Fedora” project. This raises the larger question of who really owns a commercial open software application: the corporate copyright holders, or the community?”
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