Help Save MySQL
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Spiral Hosting strongly support open source products and believe they are central to the development of the Internet.
You may have heard that Oracle has acquired Sun and along with it, MySQL, which is the most popular open source database.
MySQL is not an important part of the acquisition. Oracle have bought Sun for other reasons. Their ownership of the MySQL project could have detrimental effects to the open source ideal. The concern is that if the Intellectual Property Rights for MySQL fall into the hands of MySQL’s primary competitor Oracle, then MySQL immediately ceases to be an alternative to Oracle’s own high-priced products.
With this in mind, we have signed the Help Save MySQL petition, and we are asking you to lend your support too by signing the petition. The Save MySQL website has lots of information about why the community feels that MySQL is important, and what you can do to ensure it stays open and freely available to the entire Internet community.
