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Courtesy Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community  Mon, 02/09/2009 - 08:50

The announcement that one of MySQL's founders, Monty Widenius, was leaving Sun, was generally regarded as a pity, though no huge surprise, given the rumours that had been swirling since last year.

But its impact was redoubled following the even more astonishing news that MySQL's boss, Marten Mickos, was also moving on; together, they inevitably sent shock-waves through the open source world.

Most analysis has centred on the state of Sun, and whether these two high-profile departures mean...

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