[Frank Woolf]

MySQL is a free open source database used by this web site and hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of others. It is by far the most popular database for good reason, its the best, has great support, works well with everything else on the web and its free.

It started out small and due to the efforts of thousands of people supporting it and helping with development it grew from a mostly home user database to become the database used on maybe 90% or more of web servers around the world and evolving to challenge even the biggest like Oracle.

Now Oracle it taking over the current owners of MySQL.

If Oracle changes MySQL to become a commercial product it will mean the end of support from thousands of volunteers and the end of hundreds of thousands of sites like this one.

I am asking every member of this forum to please read the following message from the developer, click the link and add your name to the petition.

I am contacting you because you have in the past shown interest in
MySQL and from that I assume you are interested in the future
well-being of MySQL.

Now you have a unique opportunity to make a difference. By signing
the petition at http://www.helpmysql.org you can help affect the
future of MySQL as an Open Source database.

You can find more information of this on my latest blog post at:
http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/...rnet-free.html

Help us spread the world about this petition!
http://www.helpmysql.org is available in 18 languages and every vote
is important, independent of from where in the world it comes!
If you know people that are using MySQL, please contact them and
ensure they also sign the petition!

Regards,
Monty
Creator of MySQL