Michael Howard: Embrace of open source is destroying 'artificial definitions' of legacy vendors

MariaDB boss says IPO is part of his 3-year plan

Interview Michael Howard, Berkley grad and alumnus of Oracle and EMC, took the helm at open-source biz MariaDB almost three years ago. Reflecting on how things have changed, he reckons the biggest shift is in how both investors and enterprise have embrace open-source. Now, he has an IPO on his mind."