At least somebody remembers his history

I’m going through a ton of MySQL-related blog posts right now, for obvious reasons. I ran across one from last month in which MySQL’s senior execs said ridiculous things about industry history, such as Microsoft started as an OS company or Microsoft didn’t think much about its business model when it started out. Fortunately, the interviewer — Brier Dudley — knew better, and quickly sent them on a ferocious backpedal. Hats off to him!

Tom Evslin on Microsoft

Since I’m not finding the time to post my own stuff here, let me at least link to other people’s.

Tom Evslin has several posts about meetings with Microsoft and so on. It all jibes with my perceptions of the company in the same era.

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