MySQL: Great customer list, but is it 'mature' software

June 25, 2007

Last April, MySQL's CEO Marten Mickos, kicked off the opening day of the 2007 MySQL Conference and Expo by stating "open source is simply a smarter method to develop and distribute software -- a way to promote software users' freedoms in addition to protecting its creators' rights."

This is a long way from yesteryear, before the dawn of open source technology and the birth of MySQL.

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