I love it when . . .

I can call out CEOs of public companies with my work blog. ;-)

From CNET:

Sun formally completed its acquisition of MySQL on Tuesday. I was fortunate to spend 15 minutes on the phone with Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun, after the press conference.

The Linux Foundation's Amanda McPherson recently called you out over Sun's continued push for Solaris despite Linux's rise. Why aren't you giving up?

We're a for-profit company, one that is investing billions of dollars into open-source software development. In order for us to be able to do so, we need to focus on the products and services that our customers want. For us, this means OpenSolaris.

One of the great things about the open-source community is that it represents a diversity of voices and interests. It's not a monoculture. If the Linux Foundation wants to become the Open Source Foundation, I'd be very supportive of that. Until that point, however, there's real value in Sun continuing to develop and support Solaris as a valuable member of the open-source ecosystem.

Now if only we had salary parity . . .