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>This is yet another case of American corporatism failing the open source world. I believe that simply "This is yet another case of American corporatism failin
by npteljes 4y ago
>This is yet another case of American corporatism failing the open source world.
I believe that simply "This is yet another case of American corporatism failing", full stop. It's a loophole in the system.
It's a good thing that MariaDB is open source, so that a failure like this can't bring the product down.
- hodgesrm 4y agoCould you be more specific about how American corporatism is failing open source in this case? MariaDB PLC is not profitable and most investors give it low chances of getting there. It's currently trading at 25% of the IPO price which was already 40% below the initial opening. [0, 1] (I hope I'm reading the numbers correctly.) [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34070451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34070451 [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mariadb-announces-first-quarter-fiscal-210500009.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mariadb-announces-first-quart...
- npteljes 4y agoI specifically wanted to say that American corporatism failing, and open source are not related, despite the article saying so. Open source is just fine, regardless of these things happening - even the MariaDB project will survive, I believe. In my eye, the ones most hurt are the employees, and the people who wanted the project to be successful, including Monty.