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Valleywag breaks the news of Michael Widenius aka Monty quitting Sun, the man behind the authoring of the original MySQL database and also one of its founders has finally though of changing lanes and keeping his eyes at Sun’s future developments from outside its boundaries. Things would turn out to be pretty 50-50 for those at Sun, for he had been a vital part and the chief architect behind MySQL’s technical efficiency . Plus he had been an avid supporter of preventing the Company’s stand at monetizing the database.
What appears to be good for Sun is the fact that they might very well use his insight on products and company’s decision from third party perspective as he would be at liberty to comment and criticize any and every step the company takes without the constraints of following employee agreement etc. So no matter how much they miss his presence, they might still make good use of his feedback and why not? At least he wont appear contradictory to the company’s decisions as he had making stand for public positions.
he has done so much sitting inside the company’s shell from giving opinions to making an all out stand on behalf of public positions and then the launch of Drizzle; a smaller, slimmer and (hopefully) faster version of MySQL. With so much to speak of his abilities and importance one wonders where exactly does he make his next stop? Any ideas?
