[ale] $1B for MySQL !!!

[Greg Freemyer]

On Jan 17, 2008 7:18 PM, Calvin Harrigan <charriglists at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > That is amazing.  Especially based on $53M in total sales for 2007.
> > That's almost 20x sales.  Forget profits.  (of which there were none.)
> >
> > I guess the OpenSource bubble is officially in progress.  I'm just in shock.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> I wonder if they said it with a pinky finger towards their mouths.
> :-(
> Sorry to see mysql go out like that.

I don't follow Sun very closely.  But I don't have any reason to think
this is the end of MySQL being a GPL product.  It is just that Sun
will sell professional services around it now.

I'm hoping in a year or two this means MySQL will be a real
alternative to Oracle and MS-SQL in a Fortune 500 data center.  (And
yes I know the Weather Channel already uses it heavily.)

Greg
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