Monty Widenius, One of MySQL’s Founding Fathers, Leaves Sun/MySQL
Posted by Sheeri Cabral on Sep 5, 2008
ValleyWag reports that MySQL’s Monty Widenius is no longer “MySQL’s”. Some folks have known that Monty has not been happy in his current position; this leads me to believe the rumor is true (though of course an official announcement is the only confirmation).
So what does this mean for MySQL? Well, honestly, if a product falls apart because one out of 300 employees leaves, it was probably doomed anyway. There are plenty of capable employees left, and being owned by Sun means that there are many more resources they can tap as well.
What will the official company announcement be? My prediction is Read the rest of this entry . . .
