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Another "is anyone really still using MySQL?" post

Another "is anyone really still using MySQL?" post

Posted Aug 20, 2012 14:44 UTC (Mon) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784)
In reply to: Another "is anyone really still using MySQL?" post by man_ls
Parent article: MariaDB: Disappearing test cases or did another part of MySQL just become closed source?

I wonder how a package under the GPL can have such a high degree of fragmentation

Very easily: The upstream is a corporation that is widely distrusted by the user community and which only accepts contributions accompanied by an agreement allowing them to issue closed-license versions for profit.


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