Developer Worries About MySQL's Future

January 28, 2010

Oracle said it will continue developing MySQL as free software for the next five years, but the application's lead developer isn't convinced his open source baby will survive much longer.

Monty Widenius believes in open source and wants the popular free database he developed to remain viable long after Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems fades from the headlines. Datamation chronicles his fight to keep MySQL alive and why he believes that its demise is probably inevitable.

"I will do everything that is possible to keep MySQL alive," says Michael (Monty) Widenius, the main developer of the well-known open source database. "I just hope it's enough."

Widenius is talking against the background of Oracle Corporation's acquisition of MySQL along with the other assets of Sun Microsystems. According to Widenius, if allowed to stand, the acquisition will mean the eventual loss of MySQL as a first-class database without any adequate open source replacement. ...

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