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Yes, I admit I had the same thought. I would imagine if I was the CEO, I would maybe just pay the bill. But who knows what other things there are, maybe that kind of approach is not feasible.


The biggest issue with that is that if you pay this bill, when someone else wife gets cancer, do you pay that bill too?

I do agree though that they should be doing something other than asking everyone else to fork over cash.


But MySQL/SUN is willing to host a donation page at their official site. Does this mean they have this same ask-everyone-else-to-fork-over-cash strategy in place for all contributors? With billions in hand, if they are willing to host a page, shouldn't they pay the bill atleast to look 'non evil'?




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