MySQL daddy 'Monty' quits Sun

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 5, 2009 7:56 PM EDT
The Register; By Kelly Fiveash
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MySQL creator Michael “Monty” Widenius has finally left Sun Microsystems following a long-drawn-out disagreement over what he saw as the firm’s “premature” release of MySQL 5.1. As we reported in September, the MySQL daddy was understood to have quit the company, less than seven months after Sun paid $1bn for the free database outfit. And it turns out the rumours were – sort of – true.

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