Monty says: Help keep the Internet free

[Jach]

http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-keep-internet-free.html

[prodigal_erik]

Linux thrives. If the GPL fork of a mediocre database were to fail, sorry, that means nobody thought it was very important. Certainly not "part of the Internet".

And soliciting unpaid volunteers to pressure the legal system into stealing back the same rights you got rich by selling? Still appalling.

[kevbin]

…and I thought Monty only misunderstood database transactions. I hope he enjoys as much success rolling-back this MySQL transaction as users have had rolling back their MySQL transactions :)

[davidw]

Now the internet won't be free if Oracle buys Sun?! Give me a f'ing break!

[Jach → davidw]

I agree it's an exaggerating claim. I'm interested in any HN discussion about the piece, though.