MySQL Founder Monty Quits Sun (Or Not) 148
Paul Boutin writes "A reliable source tells Valleywag that MySQL inventor Michael Widenius, better known as Monty, has resigned from Sun. Sun bought Monty's MySQL company in a billion-dollar deal last January. Brian Aker, who forked the Web 2.0-friendly Drizzle SQL database (and former Slashdot engineer!), remains at Sun." Kaj Arnö and Sheeri Cabral share their thoughts.
Please use this thread to do the following: (Score:5, Funny)
1. Tell us how great your database is, (ie. postgres, mssql server, oracle etc..)
2. Tell us how shitty mysql is in your eyes.
3. Tell us how mysql "sold out"
So everything under this thread can be modded as "redundant"
Thank You.
Basic astronomy ! (Score:5, Funny)
Please tell me... (Score:5, Funny)
...he's leaving to work on Python.
I mean, the PSF needs good, experienced developers, and, um, that's all.
Re:Please use this thread to do the following: (Score:5, Funny)
Is it still MySQL? (Score:5, Funny)
With the founder leaving, the name MySQL no longer fits.
Next slashdot poll...
MySQL's new name should be:
1. TheirSQL
2. SunSQL
3. JavaSQL
4. CowboynealSQL
I vote for #4.
Monty on the Run (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Is it still MySQL? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Please use this thread to do the following: (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well, I would do the same (Score:5, Funny)
Well no, the ultimate dream of every nerd is to have a threesome with Jessica Alba and Natalie Portman (petrified!) with hot grits down their pants, but I'm sure the retiring early thing is a close second.
Re:Well, I would do the same (Score:3, Funny)
You mean besides hiring the guys who beat him up in high school to mow his 16-acre lawn?
Re:Shoot (Score:5, Funny)
Posting at slashdot, Yoda is.
Re:Please use this thread to do the following: (Score:3, Funny)
Okay Mr. Cranky Pants.
Re:Shoot (Score:1, Funny)
Nah, twitter would have called them "$un".
Re:Basic astronomy ! (Score:1, Funny)
Aw man... I'm dreading the day that the sun expands and engulfs us.
Re:Please use this thread to do the following: (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Well, I would do the same (Score:3, Funny)
Re:interesting timing (Score:2, Funny)
You can use "that other company's" name. I mean, we are talking about Microsoft here not Lord Voldemort, right?
Re:Well, I would do the same (Score:2, Funny)
Re:FUD (no way) (Score:3, Funny)
Did you refresh your cache?
Re:Please tell me... (Score:3, Funny)
I mean, the PSF needs good, experienced developers, and, um, that's all.
So you'd inflict them with the guy who congealed MySQL, of all things? What'd they ever do to you?
Re:Please tell me... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah I got it, but... _Monty_ ? shouldn't that be __Monty__(self) ?
Re:Chrome Users: new security flaw found (Score:2, Funny)
That's already been fixed in the Chromium codebase [google.com], r1677, but the latest download seems to be r1583. If I were the Chrome team, I'd be in more of a hurry to get this particular fix out there.
If you were the Chrome team, You'd be a lot of people!
Article Summary (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Please use this thread to do the following: (Score:3, Funny)