Authored by: Thomas Darwin Viewed:
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I have always considered MySQL
as the best model for open source companies. Their approach to the
market, the execution of different business models, their relation with
the community or the way their work internally as a virtual
organization have shown an innovative and successful example of how an
IT company in the 21st century can be managed.
The agreement with Sun,
announced last January, was the crowning point of all the efforts put
in the company since the beginning, proving the success of their
innovative model. Since then I have been trying to put some order in my
ideas about their model and summarize them in a few blocks that