After the establishment of the MySQL R & D center, visit and organize (1) (2)

Q:

MySQL has gradually occupied the market through the free and open-source features. During the rise of MySQL, Oracle and DB2 have all adopted the rise of open-source code, I want to know what measures MySQL will take in the face of market competitors?

David Axmark:

Open source and free are two completely different concepts. Free is not really open source, which is the biggest difference. Although we are free but not open-source, the so-called open-source is open to all the code, we just compile it for your use.

I know that other open-source projects of apsaradb are often "dead" projects in the company, and customers do not have any requirements, so they become open-source. For example ??) That is, there are fewer and fewer users and then open source.

Q:

In this case, is it because these companies use open source to meet customers' needs? The Unilateral ultimate goal is to make money. Why should MySQL open source? Is MySQL's ultimate goal of making money?

David Axmark:

We have always been making a profit, but we have to expand our investment in the future, but we will lose money in the future, but we can make a profit at any time. Any company itself needs to make money, not only open source, but also. However, we make much less money than general software companies, even though we are still developing fast.

Q:

Can it be understood that this is a feature of "small profits for sale", that is, earning little money but quickly occupying market share. In your speech just now, there are two more in the top ranking: SQL Server and Oracle. What is the biggest core competitiveness of MySQL in the face of these two powerful competitors?

David Axmark:

Let's see.

Q:

I would like to ask Mr. Zhou. Some people mentioned in his speech that Chinese people do not understand open source very well. Mr. Zhou is committed to open source. What do you think of this problem?

Weekly group:

I think the Chinese market is different from the foreign market. I often hold open-source forums, including SUN's. foreign experts, Chinese experts, and Chinese experts are willing to discuss Windows compatibility issues, foreign experts believe that they should not focus on Microsoft, because if they want to be compatible, they will continue to work with Microsoft. Microsoft is always saying that finding anything is incompatible, so they have a collective debate on China's open source world. Some open-source experts believe that so many users in China still need to solve the compatibility problem. We have a good open-source spiritual leader in China. he said at the meeting that because he participated in the world's open-source discussions, he also said how China can cooperate with foreign countries to develop open-source systems, instead of locking the door in China. When Chinese experts raise Windows compatibility, they may encounter such a problem that no one will support you and will not pay you internationally.