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"We recognise that the needs of the MySQL Community are different from the needs of commercial enterprise customers. After 11 years of producing our software, we can no longer hope that a single offering is the best solution for both Community and Enterprise users," he writes.

"With this differentiation, we aim to better serve both categories of MySQL users — those who are willing to spend time to save money, and those who are willing to spend money to save time," he adds, with one of the best explanations I've heard yet about the differing needs of enterprise and community open source users.

The split is clearly designed to benefit both, according to Arno it works like this:

· Community users get new features at no-cost to them — funded by paying customers

· Enterprise users get a more stable, reliable and predictably-released product — thanks to community participation

The new Community release also sees MySQL increasing third-party developer involvement in the open source database via MySQL Forge and the Contribution License Agreement.

You can read more details on these and other MySQL Community programs here.

While we're on the subject of splitting in two, Human species 'may split in two' got me wondering whether we'll get to pick sides.

And while we're wandering off on off-topic tangents: Steve Jobs on Meeting Girls

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