Tuesday morning at the 2007 MySQL Conference kicks off with Marten Mikos.
Marten talks about the shift from packaged, closed-source software running on commodity hardware. Today the most advanced companies are providing on-demand service, built with open source software, running on commodity hardware.
Open source disrupts inefficient models and produces new wealth (don't kill the messenger, open source is just a response to the market). It attracts the brightest developers, serves the fastest growing businesses, venture capital, and more.
Marten talks about amateurs vs. professionals and that the historical context of amateurs. The original meaning of the term amateurs
MySQL (the company) must be aware of innovation...both from internal and external sources.
Robin Schumaker steps up for a few minutes to demonstrate the MySQL Monitoring and Advisory …
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