Mike Olson, one of the original authors of Berkeley DB, is a technology industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in engineering, marketing, sales, and business management. Mike was named president and CEO of Sleepycat in 2001 after serving as vice president of sales and marketing. Prior to Sleepycat, he served in technical and business management positions at database vendors Britton Lee, Illustra, and Informix. Mike holds BA and MA degrees in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.
Here's why. While Linux operating system vendors such as Red Hat and SuSE
benefit from the GPL, application vendors do not. Red Hat will be able to
provide businesses with Linux software and support for years to come. Even if
they go out of business, there are literally thousands of developers, as well
as every major IT company in the world, ready and willing to support your GPL
software. Most GPL'ed applications, on the other hand, have very small
developer communities outside the companies that support them. Any
organization buying application software under the GPL risks losing vendor
support if the company fails. Be prepared and understand the risk. The
business model has to work.
Don't get me wrong. The GPL is a good thing. But there are no examples of
profitable GPL-only software development companies. Profits are a company's
oxygen. You don't want to bet your... (more)
Mike Olson, one of the original authors of Berkeley DB, is a technology industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in engineering, marketing, sales, and business management. Mike was named president and CEO of Sleepycat in 2001 after serving as vice president of sales and marketing. Prior to Sleepycat, he served in technical and business management positions at database vendors Britton Lee, Illustra, and Informix. Mike holds BA and MA degrees in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.
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