Today we features a mini-Q&A with Alex Roedling, MySQL's Senior Product Manager, about all things MySQL, the competition, technology, licensing and more.
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Pretty bad interview. Certainly not Eugenia's fault, though -- Roedling simply avoided giving direct answers; it almost seemed like he just copied'n'pasted some prepared marketing paragraphs. Very dissatisfying. A perfect example of how the "marketing" approach can fire back at you: When your answers are too general and out of touch with the actual questions, you quickly start to appear as if you're evading specific issues altogether, which in turn makes you look dishonest and not very trustworthy.
Pretty bad interview. Certainly not Eugenia's fault, though -- Roedling simply avoided giving direct answers; it almost seemed like he just copied'n'pasted some prepared marketing paragraphs. Very dissatisfying. A perfect example of how the "marketing" approach can fire back at you: When your answers are too general and out of touch with the actual questions, you quickly start to appear as if you're evading specific issues altogether, which in turn makes you look dishonest and not very trustworthy.