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by Blane Warrene

Interesting article published by Arjen Lentz (MySQL community relations manager) on the MySQL.com web site.

It would seem 2004 started with Linux death knells by way of the SCO lawsuit, and the year is ending with a sober evaluation of where open source and Linux is and where it may need to head for continued growth and market penetration.

While vendor-written pieces can hint of bias, it is well worth the read.

By the way - MySQL 4.0.23 was released on the 21st for those who did not see it. It is a bug fix release.

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Blane Warrene

Blane Warrene

Blane is a writer and researcher focusing on Apple and Open Source technologies. Prior to this, he helped found a commercial software and consulting venture, and worked in the financial services sector as a director of technology and in varying technical roles. Blane maintains Open Sourcery: SitePoint's Open Source Blog.

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