[56021] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Re: [Re: M$SQL cleanup incentives]]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Oberman)
Fri Feb 21 13:38:59 2003
To: David Barak <thegameiam@yahoo.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:53:59 PST."
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Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:38:23 -0800
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:53:59 -0800 (PST)
> From: David Barak <thegameiam@yahoo.com>
> Sender: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>
>
> I think the bigger issue for all of the M$SQL
> customers will be the new licensing fees they get
> stuck with...
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/29419.html
It could be a huge problem for some companies, but appears to have no
impact on most M$SQL server users. Just companies that base products
on the server.
Let's not start a panic.
On the other hand, Timeline's case is YEARS old and they are going
after treble damages from companies who just took Microsoft's word
that there was nothing to worry about. Some people should be VERY
nervous, indeed.
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
