Monty Wants To Save MySQL

An anonymous reader writes "It seems as if the MySQL author is trying hard to win back control over MySQL. In his blog he calls upon the MySQL users to 'Help keep the Internet free' by signing his petition. He fears that if Oracle buys Sun they automatically get MySQL which would spell doom for the project. But I have have mixed feelings with this call for help, because after all — who sold MySQL in the first place?"

yay

[Anonymous Coward]

...First at last

For the sake of topic titles, I'd rather if Monty saved Python.

Re:Own fault

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe he shouldn't had sold it in the first time, so he wouldn't be crying it back now?

Agreed. 'Crying it back' is the lowest form of groveling. Of course, I am a huge fan of Leadbelly's classic blues song "Crying It All Back Home Now."

It's like you broke up with your girlfriend and then go crying her back when she has found a new guy, while you're having no luck.

The concept of girlfriend?! In an explanatory analogy on Slashdot. Know your audience.

C'mon man...

[raftpeople]

don't Monty me on this deal!

Re:Own fault

[Thanshin]

It's like you broke up with your girlfriend and then go crying her back when she has found a new guy, while you're having no luck.

Or, to put it in Slashdot terms:

It's like you broke up with your car and then go crying it back when it has found a new owner, while you're having no luck finding another car.

Re:Own fault

[PizzaAnalogyGuy]

If you go to a pizza joint and order a buffalo chicken style pizza with tender chicken breast, hot sauce, and onions with provolone and American cheeses on a cheddar crust, and eat it with a big glass of mountain dew, you can't just go back and say "Now that I think of it, I would rather have had Hawaiian style pan-pizza with sliced ham, bacon, pineapple and roasted red peppers with provolone cheese on a parmesan crust". You've made your deal already. If you want an another pizza, you have to buy it again.

Re:Own fault

[cc1984_]

Hypothetically, it's like when your girlfriends brakes up with you

Goodness, the car analogies just won't stop!

pgsql is NOT FREE!

[Anonymous Coward]

pgsql is NOT Free Open Source! It is not GPL, so it is not truly Free. mysql is the only true community database and we must save it from corporate plunder at all costs!

The best part of this...

[rickb928]

.... is the preposterous idea that Sun and/or Oracle care a whit about online petitions or email campaigns.

Unless Monty is just indulging in a popularity survey. In which case he forgot to ask us how we 'felt' about this.

I, BTW, feel like you've gotten your money and want your cake back as well. Good luck. Fork it and compete with your previous employer, ok?

sheesh.

Question

[rudy_wayne]

If Oracle cuts MySQL loose, does Monty have to give back the billion dollars?

No, try some REAL slashdot terms

[A nonymous Coward]

It's like you broke up with your car and then go crying it back when it has found a new owner, while you're having no luck finding another car.

It's like you broke up with your parents and then go crying back when they have found a new tenant, while you're having no luck finding another basement.

Re:Own fault

[Dragonslicer]

Just fork the thing, call it MontyScrewedUpSQL or whatever and away you go.

And it could be abbreviated MSSQL