MySQL

A collection of 22 posts

LinuxQuestions.org

2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners - Thoughts

The polls are closed and the official results are in. You can view the detailed results here, but I’ll include a list of winners at the end of this post for convenience. We also have a nice visual overview of all categories on a single page, new last year,

community

SCALE 10x Musings

I'm currently on a flight home after attending SCALE 10x, which seemed like an opportune time to reflect on the event. SCALE was once again an amazing event. Kudos go out to Ilan, Gareth, Phil and the entire SCALE team; the tracks were excellent, the event well managed

MySQL

Oracle Sun Merger Closes

As I'm sure you've heard by now, the Oracle acquisition of Sun has closed. From MySQL and Java to OpenSolaris, OpenOffice.org and more; it's difficult to understate the potential impact this will have on the Open Source community.  Many people are skeptical of

MySQL

The MySQL exodus at Sun

It looks like the exodus of top MySQL execs from Sun is in full swing.  Yesterday, Monty posted the following: Time to move on I have now departed from Sun and joined my own company, Monty Program Ab. There were a lot of rumors around me resigning in August/September

Google

MySQL: Now and Then... and Dual License Community Impact

Stephen O’Grady recently posted a Q&A pertaining to the past, present, and future of MySQL.  There's been quite a bit going on at MySQL and Sun lately, but I'll focus on one issue in this post - the impact of the current MySQL

MySQL

MySQL cofounder David Axmark leaving Sun

From InfoWorld: David Axmark, a cofounder and former lead engineer for MySQL, has resigned from Sun Microsystems a few weeks after another cofounder said he may also leave the company. "I have thought about my role at Sun and decided that I am better off in smaller organisations,"

MySQL

MySQL licensing redux

A follow up to one of the more divisive announcements made at the MySQL Conference.  From the 451 Group Blog: After all the fuss it appears that MySQL will be remaining open source after all. As Kaj Arno and Monty Widenius report, Marten Mickos announced at CommunityOne that the MySQL

MySQL

MySQL Expo - Day 2

Day 2 of the MySQL Conference and Expo is well under way.  The opening keynote started with Rick Falkvinge, whose Swedish Pirate Party seems to be making quite a bit of progress since the last time I saw him speak at OSCON.  The history he presented on copyright was interesting,

MySQL

MySQL Expo - Day 1

(As with most of my conference posts, this is a bit more stream of consciousness and a bit less proofread than is typical.  Such is the result of posting during small coffee breaks.) With the recent Sun acquisition of MySQL, I expected quite a bit out of the MySQL Conference

Linux

Gratis 2008 MySQL Conference & Expo Conference Pass

I recently mentioned that LQ will be sponsoring a number of upcoming Linux and Open Source related conferences.  I'm extremely happy to report that we are now able to give away a completely free conference pass to some of them.  The first one is the 2008 MySQL Conference

MySQL

What Makes a Freedom Fighter Join a Giant? or Ten Reasons to Get Acquired

An interesting inside look on what went into the MySQL end of the acquisition decision from Mårten Mickos has recently been posted. At MySQL there were few things we loved as much as the thought of being our own masters. We had always been contrarians and we prided ourselves with

Open Source

Sun acquires MySQL III

Another quick follow up, hopefully my last on the topic (at least for a while).  Things are finally starting to quiet down a bit on the MySQL Sun acquisition front, but I wanted to post a few recent links I've run into. Jonathan posted a little about how

MySQL

Sun acquires MySQL II

A quick follow up to a previous post.  The buzz created by the Sun acquisition announcement is still going strong.  I'm still digesting the news and doing additional reading, but here are some interesting items I've run across. Other Open Source database participants have been quite

Linux

Red Hat: BofA Downgrades; Cites Troubles With JBoss

(via Matt) Following news that Novell may be building momentum comes news that Bank of America has downgraded RHT.  As is often the case with stock analysts, more are piling on the downgrade now.  From Barrons: Red Hat (RHT) shares are lower today after Bank of America analyst Kirk Materne

MySQL

Refining MySQL Community Server

MySQL AB has announced some changes in the way it handles the Community and Enterprise releases of MySQL.  From the post: The changes are in the areas of release policy and stability of MySQL Community Server and in the availability of MySQL Enterprise Server. The changes start from the question:

Linux

OSCON Executive Briefing II

(live blogging, so forgive the grammar and lack of proof reading) Always Better Matt Asay (Alfresco) and Mike Olson (Oracle via SleepyCat) discuss the value of source code.  Mike argues that zero cost frictionless distribution is more disruptive than source access.  A response from the crowd asked why he doesn&

IBM

MySQL AB and IBM Announce Open Source Database Support for the IBM System i Platform

Some pretty big news from IBM and MySQL AB at the recent MySQL Conference & Expo 2007 (which I unfortunately had to miss this year, but do plan on attending next year).  From the press release: MySQL AB and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a joint technology and reseller agreement

Linux

Linux and Open Source Conference Discount Codes

I'm just booking some upcoming conference travel (in this case OSBC).  As you may know, LQ is a sponsor of quite a few fantastic Linux and Open Source conferences.  As a result of that, we're able to offer you some discounts.  Here's a partial

Linux

MySQL AB - a new product and an IPO

Speaking of Open Source companies that understand their market and core strengths, MySQL AB has also been on a tear.  Earlier this week, the company announced its MySQL Enterprise Unlimited program.  From the press release: MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today unveiled

Linux

MySQL Stats

I just logged into the LQ MySQL server to get some statistics.  I have a couple ideas for some optimizations and wanted to get a baseline on things.  I fired up mytop and got the following: Queries Total: 1,033,746,636  Avg/Sec: 112.80  Now/Sec: 119.93

Linux

Where does open source code come from?

From this article: The European Commission has published its final report on the Economic Impact of FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software) on innovation and competitiveness of the EU ICT sector. Weighing in at 287 pages it will take some time to digest, and contains enough data and statistics to

Linux

MySQL refines its GPL licensing scheme under MySQL 5.0 and MySQL 5.1

According to this blog post from Kaj, MySQL VP of community relations, the company is changing the wording of the GPL license for both 5.0 and 5.1.  From the post: MySQL has today refined its licensing scheme from “GPLv2 or later” to “GPLv2 only“, in order to make