Two Key MySQL Executives Leave Sun

Two top executives of the MySQL business at Sun Microsystems, including the former CEO of MySQL, have decided to leave the company.

They include Marten Mickos, the CEO of MySQL before it was acquired by Sun last year for about $1 billion, and Michael "Monty" Widenius, founder and original developer of MySQL.

Widenius said in a posting on his blog on Thursday that he told Sun management last Fall that he would resign because he "strongly believed that the 5.1 release was not ready and that those problems needed to be fixed before it went GA (general availability)." ... Go to source