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Does anyone else find it a little disheartening that despite being hosted on a MySQL / SUN site, and despite this meaning that they're obviously not providing h

by wheels 18y ago

Does anyone else find it a little disheartening that despite being hosted on a MySQL / SUN site, and despite this meaning that they're obviously not providing his family with health insurance, that they're not even offering to do any contribution matching? I'd hope for a little more from a small-ish company that just got bought for a billion dollars.

tx 18y ago
Why do you assume that every country is a little copy of US? Ukraine uses old soviet-era state-sponsored medical system free for all citizens, i.e. you don't need an insurance. Even if he's got some kind of supplementary private insurance for private clinics, it obviously won't cover procedures in other countries, just like most American insurance companies.
- wheels 18y ago
  I live in Germany, for the record. But more of my point is that his company seems willing to ask for donations on his behalf, but not actually help.
  - rms 18y ago
    It's a large disconnect between the culture of MySQL and Sun.
Tichy 18y ago
Yes, I admit I had the same thought. I would imagine if I was the CEO, I would maybe just pay the bill. But who knows what other things there are, maybe that kind of approach is not feasible.
- run4yourlives 18y ago
  The biggest issue with that is that if you pay this bill, when someone else wife gets cancer, do you pay that bill too? I do agree though that they should be doing something other than asking everyone else to fork over cash.
  - rantandalive 18y ago
    But MySQL/SUN is willing to host a donation page at their official site. Does this mean they have this same ask-everyone-else-to-fork-over-cash strategy in place for all contributors? With billions in hand, if they are willing to host a page, shouldn't they pay the bill atleast to look 'non evil'?
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petercooper 18y ago
I find it weird that they didn't edit the guy's note either. It's almost Borat-like in the way it lacks words like "a" in front of noun phrases or possessive pronouns. The guy probably does write like that, but it seems crude to just paste it up without editing when you know it'll sound weird. Or, has it been written in such a way as to make it /sound/ Eastern European and thus elicit sympathy? Well, whatever, I hope it all works out for them, but please, MySQL, get some editors.

by wheels 18y ago

tx 18y ago

Why do you assume that every country is a little copy of US? Ukraine uses old soviet-era state-sponsored medical system free for all citizens, i.e. you don't need an insurance. Even if he's got some kind of supplementary private insurance for private clinics, it obviously won't cover procedures in other countries, just like most American insurance companies.

wheels 18y ago
I live in Germany, for the record. But more of my point is that his company seems willing to ask for donations on his behalf, but not actually help.
- rms 18y ago
  It's a large disconnect between the culture of MySQL and Sun.

Tichy 18y ago

Yes, I admit I had the same thought. I would imagine if I was the CEO, I would maybe just pay the bill. But who knows what other things there are, maybe that kind of approach is not feasible.

run4yourlives 18y ago
The biggest issue with that is that if you pay this bill, when someone else wife gets cancer, do you pay that bill too? I do agree though that they should be doing something other than asking everyone else to fork over cash.
- rantandalive 18y ago
  But MySQL/SUN is willing to host a donation page at their official site. Does this mean they have this same ask-everyone-else-to-fork-over-cash strategy in place for all contributors? With billions in hand, if they are willing to host a page, shouldn't they pay the bill atleast to look 'non evil'?

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petercooper 18y ago

I find it weird that they didn't edit the guy's note either. It's almost Borat-like in the way it lacks words like "a" in front of noun phrases or possessive pronouns. The guy probably does write like that, but it seems crude to just paste it up without editing when you know it'll sound weird. Or, has it been written in such a way as to make it /sound/ Eastern European and thus elicit sympathy? Well, whatever, I hope it all works out for them, but please, MySQL, get some editors.