Hi, You problably already heard, FYI : A MariaDB Foundation has been launched, to ensure the future of the MariaDB/MySQL ecosystem. (see mail below) Kind regards, Dieter ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MariaDB Foundation <once-only-mailshot(a)mariadb.org> Date: 2012/12/21 Subject: Status update for MySQL in EU, and Next Steps To: dieter.adriaenssens(a)gmail.com Thank you for participating in the Help Save MySQL campaign in the EU. We promised to send you a single email update of how things are going and this is it. There is still an EU process going on regarding the Oracle/Sun case, but we think it's better to leave this behind us for now and instead concentrate on the future. We have some very positive news unrelated to the EU process but very much about ensuring a bright future for the MySQL community. The MariaDB Foundation, http://mariadb.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=723871526dcf9d4250c26b842&… has been launched. The MariaDB foundation will ensure that it's not anymore just one person or one company that is driving MariaDB/MySQL development. It's only by having a set of independent companies together work with the common goal of keeping MariaDB as an actively developed open source project that MariaDB and the MySQL ecosystem can be truly free and futureproof. Over the last 3 years the MariaDB database system has cemented its place in the database market as the drop-in replacement for MySQL. Now the time has come to take the next step. All from the same trusted team: Holyfoot, Igor, Kristian, Monty, Sanja, Sergei Golubchik, Sergei Petrunia, Timour, Wlad and many other developers in the MariaDB/MySQL community. You can participate in the MariaDB community and sign up for a donation to the Foundation at http://mariadb.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=723871526dcf9d4250c26b842…f5f588a1. Using MariaDB or MySQL for a business critical application? The best way to ensure MariaDB and MySQL are actively developed is to help the MariaDB Foundation to succeed! Please forward this email to your friends that are using MariaDB / MySQL! Your email will not be kept or used ever again. ============================================== Unsubscribe dieter.adriaenssens(a)gmail.com from this list: http://mariadb.us6.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=723871526dcf9d4250c26b842&… -- Kind regards, Dieter Adriaenssens