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		<title>Product management, effective developers, and the future of MySQL</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Vallee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing because Sheeri sent me a note about a blog post written by Brian Aker, where Brian concludes, quite correctly, that (in Sheeri&#8217;s words not Brian&#8217;s) MySQL is now just a branch (the official branch, but a branch nonetheless, and a bunch of trademark (logo) and copyright (docs) ownerships). This is exactly true. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A MySQL Community Member Opinion of Oracle Buying Sun</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheeri Cabral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bottom line: As both a community member of MySQL, and a service provider, I am not worried about Oracle buying Sun and acquiring MySQL in the process. There is no validity to the argument that Oracle will slow down or stop MySQL development &#8212; it is not possible, with various forks already in heavy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Interview with Brian Aker of MySQL</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheeri Cabral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Play or download the podcast here: http://technocation.org/content/oursql-episode-24%3A-sun-shining OurSQL Episode 24: &#8220;The Sun is Shining&#8221; Sun Microsystems recently announced the purchase of MySQL. In this interview the day of the announcement, OurSQL asks Brian Aker about what this means for customers, community, Sun and MySQL. Tell us what you think of Sun buying MySQL by calling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OurSQL Podcast Interviewing Brian Aker &#8212; What Are Your Questions?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheeri Cabral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 2 pm EST (-5 GMT), OurSQL will be interviewing Brian Aker, MySQL&#8217;s Director of Architecture, about today&#8217;s announcement that Sun Microsystems bought MySQL. If you have a burning question (about the purchase), please comment here. If you&#8217;d like to be identified, please leave your name and where you&#8217;re from in your comment &#8212; just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OK, Now I Am a Bit Worried</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheeri Cabral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUN Microsystems just bought MySQL, see the announcement at http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-01/sunflash.20080116.1.xml Now, MySQL isn&#8217;t going away any time soon; there are just way too many people that use it. And while Postgres is not actually owned by SUN, they do employ some great folks to develop on it, and those folks are the the &#8220;known&#8221; Postgres [...]]]></description>
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