May 10, 2008 5:32 AM PDT
Mike Olson: Sleepy cat no more
Mike Olson is on the entrepreneurial prowl again. The co-founder of Sleepycat, who sold his company to Oracle and recently left Oracle for a brief stint as a relaxed person, is back in action.
I talked a day ago with a company that has talked to Mike about an executive role, and told them what I'll tell anyone who asks:
Hire him. Immediately. He's smart, pragmatic, and a huge asset to anyone lucky enough to interest him.
Welcome back, Mike. I won't say we've missed you, because you never really left, but welcome back all the same. It will be fun to see where you land. Round II, coming up.
Matt Asay brings a decade of in-the-trenches open-source business and legal experience to The Open Road, with an emphasis on emerging open-source business strategies and opportunities. Matt is vice president of business development at Alfresco, a company that develops open-source software for content management. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can follow Matt on Twitter @mjasay. 
