K1 Acquires MariaDB, a Leading Database Software Company, and Appoints New CEO
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/PRNewswire/ -- K1 Investment Management, LLC ("K1"), one of the largest investors in small-cap enterprise software companies, today announced the completion...

I will say I’m not much of a fan of mysqls but uhhhhh this seems bad

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    I never understand how articles are always excited to announce stuff like this. Yes, ok the C suite is going to get a fat check, but being acquired by a company that exclusively focus on making money isn’t really a good thing. Selling database support to enterprises don’t have the exponential growth that those investors are usually craving. Are those investors OK with a slow but steady income flow?

    • froztbyte@awful.systemsOPEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      it’s PR Newswire - the entire content of this will be a press release sent out by the companies themselves, having been written by the pr/marketing departments of the entities involved l

        • Evinceo@awful.systemsEnglish
          7·
          2 months ago

          Every TC article I’ve seen recently is furious jerking about how totally legal AI is and how it will finally defeat the copyright Great Satan.

        • gerikson@awful.systemsEnglish
          6·
          2 months ago

          As I’m sure you’ll be informed by David, a lot of “tech” press pieces are thinly rewritten PR puff pieces.