Hi Jeremy, On 28 Sep 2013, at 03:59, Jeremy Cole <jeremyc...@google.com> wrote:
> I appreciate your candor with not knowing what mariadb.com is up to, however > I find it somewhat ironic that this email came from b...@mariadb.com. There > really needs to be some clarifications about what the future of all of this > is, especially w.r.t. SkySQL's commercial intentions and their relationship > to MariaDB (foundation, product, etc.). > I traded in my @montyprogram.com email address which you might have been familiar with on 28 July 2013 for a @mariadb.com email address. There was nothing on that site until very recently. Notice how I don't have a @skysql.com email address? I traded in my .signature file in September, much against anyone's wishes of individuality. But you and everyone else is absolutely right: clarification & distinction & clear future of what is SkySQL's commercial intentions and the relationship to MariaDB (the foundation, the product, etc.). Top on my question list is What is MariaDB - it means many things to many people > The mariadb.com site also, confusingly, says "MariaDB.com is operated by > SkySQL and will become the new home for products and services related to > MariaDB." and at the bottom says "2013 © MariaDB". What do these instances of > "MariaDB" refer to -- a commercial entity? the product? the foundation? It > then goes on to immediately tout "MariaDB Enterprise" so it's really very > confusing. > I don't know how that got thru. Thanks for the pointer, it is now added as an item of discussion. > What are the relationships between the commercial entities in question > exactly? > When I get a more deterministic answer, I will share it with maria-discuss > Really, I think the point is: If myself, Mark, Colin, and Kristian are all > confused, there is just about zero chance that any regular users are clear on > it. You are right. And its nothing like great discussion on maria-developers/maria-discuss on this issue as well - its clear there is confusion and its clear this needs fixing. Please bear with me as I need some time to discuss this to find suitable discussion points and answers and I will ensure that it comes to maria-discuss within 1-2 weeks. cheers, -colin -- Colin Charles, Chief Evangelist MariaDB | t: +6-012-204-3201 | Skype: colincharles _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers Post to : maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
