RE: {Spam?} RE: {Spam?} RE: {Spam?} RE: Is Open Office dying?

> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:48:46 +0000 > From: obnoxio@serendipita.com > CC: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: {Spam?} RE: {Spam?} RE: {Spam?} RE: Is Open Office dying? > > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > Sigh. > > > > Ok, lets put it this way... > > > > With the Open Source movement around MySQL starting to fragment, its > > future is called in to question. Sun Microsystems now owns the code > > stream and can do with it what it wants. While there is a code stream > > that is open sourced, it doesn't mean that Sun will continue to support > > it. Or that they will put in all the latest and greatest features that > > they will put in to a paid for release. I'm not suggesting that Sun do > > this or that they will do this. All I am saying is that they have the > > right to do this. > > > > There are those in the OS community that don't want to work with Sun. > > After all, Sun has a pay for the license mentality. They will attempt to > > fork the distribution. In doing so, they splinter the community. Under > > tough economic times, you can bet that those in the OS community will > > put a priority on their day jobs and forgo the OS playtime. > > > > In addition, not everything in a database server is straightforward and > > easy to design. So as IDS/DB2 , Oracle and other 'pay to play' databases > > advance their technology, the pure 'Open Source' databases will fall > > behind. They will fill a niche, but they will not maintain the support > > and popularity over the long run. > > > > IDS? > > IDS still has a strong core following. Even though Janet could not > > overtly kill IDS, she did do some damage which has yet to be repaired. > > In spite of this, IDS is still growing as a product and has seen some > > growth in their user base. (No, we don't know the numbers because IBM > > doesn't break out the numbers.) > > > > So IBM will keep supporting IDS because it still makes them money. > > > > If OS MySQL splitners, you can bet it will wain in popularity. For OS > > software to succeed there has to be a certain size to their community > > members supporting the product. Fall below that minimum number, and > > you're toast. > > > > Does that make sense? > > > > Meaning that IDS has a roadmap and a dedicated support team. MySQL as an > > OpenSource product does not have said base. > > Hurrah. It speaks English after all! :o) > Ok, I'll switch to either Yiddish or Africanz in the future. :-) I thought that wot I sayz was obvious, even with the slight gramatical misstep that Art caught... :-) -G _________________________________________________________________ Life on your PC is safer, easier, and more enjoyable with Windows Vista®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/127032870/direct/01/

> > > Ok, I'll switch to either Yiddish or Africanz in the future. :-) > > I thought that wot I sayz was obvious, even with the slight gramatical > misstep that Art caught... > > :-) > > -G > I am still confused - IDS as a OS project, or just IDS overall ? I can't comment too much about MySQL, as the comments could be misconstrued, but there are basically two meta issues. I will rely on someone else to colour between the lines 1) There is no development community for MySQL. There are only paid MySQL developers. If you are a world leader software developer typically you want to work for a world leader software company. 2) The industry support model for MySQL is completely different from the industry support the other successful OS projects have had.