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The great [structured] database in the sky

MySQL ECO Marten Mickos opened the morning session of the Web 2.0 Summit with his dream of the great database in the sky. He envisioned a database in which all structured data could be shared, open sourced so that people could instantly know what is happening in the world. For...

Tags: General, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology, web2con, database, Marten Mickos

Blog posts 2006-11-09

AlwaysOn: Open source and patent trolls

Speaking at a panel at the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit 2006 addressing the question of whether all software, or even hardware, will go open source, MySQL CEO Marten Mickos said: "There is no technical argument for keeping code closed. In five or ten years there will be a way to make...

Tags: Marten Mickos, open source

Blog posts 2006-07-26

SpikeSource and SugarCRM light the LAMP

During the Open Source Business Conference I sat down for a podcast interview with Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL; Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource; and John Roberts, CEO of SugarCRM. The three open source moguls are flush with recent VC cash infusions and have partnered on Spike Stack for Sugar...

Tags: SugarCRM, Marten Mickos, open source, John Roberts

Blog posts 2006-02-16

Marten Mickos: MySQL's undaunted leader

Marten Mickos: MySQL's undaunted leaderForget SQL Server! I'm going Ingres!If you want "better security, better performance, better tunability, better transaction support, scalability, and so much more" and still use Open Source, Ingres wins, hands down.It's basic design is superior to Oracle; Sybase came close (SQL Server is the windows clone...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, leader, MySQL, Marten Mickos

Discussion threads 2006-02-16

Marten Mickos: MySQL's undaunted leader

Prior to Stephen Shankland's scoop about Oracle's attempt to add MySQL to its portfolio, I chatted with the open source database company's CEO Marten Mickos about Oracle's open source envy, his reaction to Oracle's purchase of InnoDB, and how he plans to keep MySQL ahead of the game. Mickos had...

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Blog posts 2006-02-15

Additional Resources

Did Sun just make mySQL closed source?

Did Sun just make mySQL closed source?Free users are getting stable codewhat kind of coment is that ?Supposed to imply that the open source edition is the best one, while the enterprise edition is bloated with un industrialized new features ? In what kind of world are you leaving were...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Sun/MySQL, MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

Sun completes MySQL buy, guns for Microsoft ... but not Oracle?

Sun announced today that it has completed its $1 billion acquisition of MySQL and plans to continue making open source acquisitions as opportunities arise. "Open source is really in Sun's DNA," said Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, (to the right in...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Mozilla's T-Bird 3 to get calendar, search, UI, config, add-on improvements in late 2008-early 2009

The newly minted Mozilla e-mail subsidiary has moved out of stealth mode and is targeting the release of the next generation of Thunderbird for late 2008. The open source Thunderbird 3, now under development, will feature integrated calendaring, better search, easier configuration, significant user interface improvements...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Open Source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Mozilla Thunderbird, Plan, Mozilla Corp., E-mail Clients, E-mail, Software, Online Communications, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Sun acquires MySQL; Adds to its software stack

Updated: Sun Microsystems is taking the plunge into the database market with the purchase of open source database developer MySQL for $1 billion ($800 million in cash in exchange for all MySQL stock and assumption of approximately $200 million in options). With the move, announced Wednesday, Sun...

Tags: MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wall Street, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-16

Sun's planned deal to acquire MySQL will strengthen its open source story

Sun announced Wednesday that it is buying MySQL for about $1 billion -- $800 million in cash and $200 million in options. The news comes on the same day that mega proprietary database software giant Oracle announced its intent to buy middleware giant BEA. The deal,...

Tags: MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-01-16

Sun to acquire MySQL

Sun to acquire MySQLSo long, MySQL, you go to a slow lingering death...This is *NOT* good news for MySQL fans.If Sun does it right, they CAN satisfy both camps. And, it IS GPL, so itCAN be forked and Sun knows that. Look for Sun to play nice.RE: Sun to...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, SUN Now, MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

Will e-books ever be a best-seller?

Will e-books ever be a best-seller?e-Books are a Rip OffAs this article points out, and I think most consumers are aware, the readers are actually pretty nice, but the content is a rip off. Most e-books are priced the same or only fractionally lower than their printed formats. ...

Tags: E-books, e-book

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

MySQL's success leads to customer frustration

Speaking at the 2007 MySQL Conference and Expo in Santa Clara, CA, MySQL CEO Marten Mickos said the company is working toward an IPO, isnt bleeding cash and did $50 million in revenue last year, compared to an estimated $34 million in 2005 see Stephen Shanklands full report. That success...

Tags: Open Source, MySQL, IT Management, General, Datacenter

Blog posts 2007-04-25

MySQL becomes more contribution friendly

Stephen OGrady chats with MySQL CEO Marten Mickos left about his companys new MySQL Community and MySQL Enterprise offerings. In the comments, the code contribution comes up. MySQL has been nearly 100 percent in-house code, but now seems to be opening up for more contributions and innovations with the Community...

Tags: contribution, MySQL

Blog posts 2006-10-18

Open source won't doom traditional enterprise software

Last week SandHill.com published a column by Guy Smith of Silicon Strategies Marketing, titled "Is Enterprise Software Doomed?," suggesting that open source will cause traditional enterprise software to become extinct. Several member of the "Enterprise Irregulars," a group bloggers of which I am a member covering the software...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2006-08-08

Reaching the world

At breakfast yesterday, Mike Arrington made it clear that if I didn't show up at his party, he would take it personally. I made it clear I would but first I wanted him to kick somebody important down or off the list or everyone down the list and insert me...

Tags: Tony

Blog posts 2006-07-23

The wild world of open source

During a session at the Open Source Business Conference, called "CXO Crossfire," several a panelists debated a number of questions related to open source. Actually it was more of a discussion, with executives representing buyers and four the sellers. The first question was “Oracle—friend or foe?”Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2006-02-15

Marten Mickos: Approach and appearance in relation to open source

Marten Mickos, CEO of open source database company MySQL AB, was motivated by the recent controversy over SAP executive Shai Agassi's remarks about open source to write the following perspective piece. In his view, some companies really support the notion of open source software, which he says will "define the...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2005-11-16

MySQL CEO: 'We're as greedy as anyone else'

MySQL CEO: 'We're as greedy as anyone else'This is competition at its best!!Love to see these guys out there inovating and competing. I prefer the model of PostgreSQL where the comunity owns the product and it is free for commercial use, but MySQL also has its place for corporations that...

Tags: Databases, MySQL, My-SQL, open source, database, software

Discussion threads 2004-11-30

Commoditized software: fact or fiction?

The "commoditization of software" was one of the panel topics at the AO2004 Innovation Summit at Stanford University. Jonathan Schwartz, President & COO, Sun Microsystems Rod Smith, VP, Emerging Technologies, Software Group IBM Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL Roman Stanek, Founder & CEO, Systinet Zach Nelson, President & CEO, NetSuite It was an...

Tags: concentration, software

Blog posts 2004-07-19