bob ketner

MySQL
- everyone worked from home
- best way to organize is to not have an office
- business model on subscription or ads not license
- keeping “what works” is just inertia in the market
- Zuckerberg used it because it was free
- commodity hardware- open source- 2.0- SaaS – this is the new terrain
- open source is not a business model
- software patents are harmful
- 50m developers worldwide – who cares how many Ph Ds you hire, harness
the vast group for the speed of evolution
- MySQL employees at 110 airports – all you need is an internet
connection
- 60,000 people show up to the MySQL site daily
- “free” does not mean “free of charge” – just
means it’s free
- those who spend time to save money innovate – those who spend money
to save time pay for the service

- 90% of the features at 10% of the cost
- itls not an “exit” for him because he’s still running it.
The acq. was like IPO only better
-  “never be defensive” is the strategy
- key metrics was sales, downloads, traffic, blog posts, search
results, bug reports