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Why MySQL’s Exec Exits May Not Burn Sun

Feb 10, 2009
1 minute read

[From InternetNews]

Last week was sure an interesting one for MySQL.

First, we learned that found Monty Widenius was leaving Sun. A day later, the other shoe dropped as former CEO Marten Mickos decided he’d had enough fun in the Sun, too.

With $1 billion dollars of Sun’s money invested in MySQL, is this a cause for concern? Is Sun at risk of watching its investment disappear?

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