Widenius said the ODA's goal was to "encourage a true open development environment with community participation, and to ensure that MySQL code remains extremely high quality". "Participating members at this stage in the 'Alliance' will have a strong voice in how the organization is structured, and we look forward to collaborating with anyone in the industry that provides or depends on MySQL," he said in the statement. In a blog post on Wednesday, Widenius said the ODA's nature as a "one-stop shop for anything related to MariaDB/MySQL" where any member could provide services, tools and software, was close to the original vision that David Axmark and Widenius had when they created MySQL. "We planned to create a partner network where MySQL AB was a small technical company in the center with a lot of partners around us facing the large customers," Widenius wrote. Widenius has previously expressed fear for the future of MySQL, in the wake of the Oracle takeover.