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Thursday, May 31st, 2007

MySQL’s Mickos Comments on Microsoft’s Fortune Statements

I found this article interesting - Mickos’ comments are actually funny when you consider it was always Microsoft calling Linux zealots religious… tables turn.

“I don’t think you can say Microsoft is pragmatic on open source - it’s religious. It’s categorical in a way it shouldn’t be, and it’s harming them,” Mickos said.

“You must never lose the trust of the customer [even] customers who are not using open source. They are looking at Microsoft and asking: ‘why are you doing that?’ People have a sense of fairness, and you don’t want to get hurt.