(insert disclaimer about this being my own views – no that of MySQL AB)

Slashdot | MySQL and SCO Join Forces

Some people seem to think that porting your application to a newer version of an OS, having a trial version of your subscribtion-based support shipping with every copy of that OS and access through that OS vendors reseller channel is a bad thing.

Granted, a lot of people think that certain actions of said OS vendor are just plain retarded. Myself included – it would be much better if they actually focused on products. That being said, there’s more than one OS vendor that does just plain dumb stuff – or, to use the more emotive “evil” word.

Of course, there’s part of the /. crowd that seem to think we must be evil for porting to a SCO platform – but by their silence (and sometimes “screw you guys, I’m going to X RDBMS”) it must be okay for others to do it (note that X RDBMS already supports SCO platforms)?

Besides, anybody who’s really used MySQL will know how easy it is to move your database from one platform to another – really empowering you to make sure you OS vendor gives you the best deal possible – because you can easily move to where the grass is greener.