Founder Stories: Monty Widenius, Founder of MySQL
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Founder Stories: Monty Widenius, Founder of MySQL
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#2This is written so full of admiration and superbole that it reads like a story from some ex Soviet dictator's personality cult pr department.
Re: Founder Stories: Monty Widenius, Founder of MySQL
#3This is written so full of admiration and superbole that it reads like a story from some ex Soviet dictator's personality cult pr department.
I had similar thoughts while reading the piece. Especially the statement that he "is still the best programmer at his company". One wonders if that is something he said about himself or if it is something the other coders said. Without further context, it feels pretty strange.
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#4> > At 33, he released MySQL, the most popular open-source database in the world ...
Ugh. Flat out bullshit. SQLite (and others) would like to have a word...
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#5This is written so full of admiration and superbole that it reads like a story from some ex Soviet dictator's personality cult pr department.
It's a puff piece. :(
He's a founder of the place publishing this article.
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#6This is written so full of admiration and superbole that it reads like a story from some ex Soviet dictator's personality cult pr department.
It's a puff piece. :( He's a founder of the place publishing this article.
I know. I'm allright with puff pieces. My point is I've never read a puff piece so overblown with adoration as this one, except when I read about Turkmen civil servants' official opinion of the late Türkmenbaşy (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/dec/21/1)
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#7This is written so full of admiration and superbole that it reads like a story from some ex Soviet dictator's personality cult pr department.
Hey thanks for reading, I'm the author of the piece. The original went through a couple rounds of edits since it's on the company page but PM if you want the original :)
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#8This is written so full of admiration and superbole that it reads like a story from some ex Soviet dictator's personality cult pr department.
Hey thanks for reading, I'm the author of the piece. The original went through a couple rounds of edits since it's on the company page but PM if you want the original :)
Care to correct the inaccuracies? At least eg "the most popular open-source database in the world"
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hey thanks for reading, I'm the author of the piece. The original went through a couple rounds of edits since it's on the company page but PM if you want the original :)
Care to correct the inaccuracies? At least eg "the most popular open-source database in the world"
How would this be disputed?
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Care to correct the inaccuracies? At least eg "the most popular open-source database in the world"
How would this be disputed?
SQLite (and likely BDB among others) are far more popular and widespread than MySQL installations.
Literally every single Mac, iDevice, Windows 10 PC, Android phone/tablet includes SQLite. That's just for starters.