I am serious.我很嚴重。 While MySQL is a great open source database, I have full respect to Sun’s plan to provide high-end features for paying customers only.而MySQL的是一個偉大的開放源代碼數據庫,我有充分尊重Sun的計劃,以提供高端的功能,付費用戶只。 After all they are in the business of making money and not philanthropy, last I checked.畢竟他們是在生意賺錢,而不是慈善事業,去年我查了。

Why is the blogosphere and MySQL community up in arms against the move?為什麼是博客和MySQL社區,在武器反對動議? I think it is extremely selfish to try to force Sun to abort its plan of providing high-end features for paid customers only.我覺得這是非常自私的嘗試,迫使孫放棄其計劃提供高品質的高端功能,為付費用戶只。 Any paid customer of MySQL would welcome the move and, as expected freeloaders will disagree.任何支付客戶的MySQL會歡迎這一舉措,正如預期freeloaders會不同意。 But who cares?但誰在乎呢? After all most of the freeloaders don’t contribute a dime.畢竟大部分的freeloaders不貢獻一毛錢。

The best thing Sun can do is offer high end features free to significant source code contributors to MySQL codebase or community.最好的事情孫能做的是提供高端功能的免費顯著的源代碼貢獻者到MySQL的CODEBASE或社區。

Do you disagree?你是否同意? Let me know why.讓我知道為什麼。