Many may have already heard about it last week: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/in_a_vortex
Looks like that's pretty much all that will be changing for me. I also expect that the deal will make it easier to integrate more Solaris patches for lighttpd and perhaps gives me access to recent Sun hardware for performance testing. Up to now I test lighttpd on Solaris in a OpenSolaris VMware session on WinXP :)
A reader commented that MySQL isn't "enterprise ready", to which another reader wrote: "I hate it when snobby DBAs or managers scoff at MySQL as if it isn't ready to play with the big boys. Google called, they'd like to loan you a clue." Valid point. But, I'm fairly certain that Google engineers could run a highly scalable computing system (whatever that is) using nothing more than OS/2, a paper clip, duct tape and maple syrup. I am not bashing MySQL in any way (I'm a happy user). I am however suggesting that the skills level inside an average IT... READ MORE
Ouch. It's been a really bad day, what with my incorrect reporting of MySQL + Oracle and now this. It's a meaningless competition but to lose to the Spurs even in a pickup game is embarrassing.
Yet lose Arsenal did, and badly. Nor can the team claim to have ...
One of the problems with relying on sources unaffiliated with a company is that no matter how trustworthy, they can still be wrong. Such is the case with my post on MySQL and Oracle. The information contained in it turns out to be inaccurate as I've just found out. ...
I have been meaning to blog about this for quite some time but
time seems to be the most scarce resource in my life.
This year, I will be presenting three sessions at MySQL
Conference:
Disaster Is Inevitable?Are You Prepared?
What?s the worst database disaster you expect to happen? Are you
prepared? Does your architecture support quicker recovery or do
you have recovery bottlenecks built throughout your architecture?
What will happen if InnoDB crashed beyond repair or if you have a
massive irrepairable data corruption? What can you do to better
prepare for the disaster, when it does happen? Do you have data
restoration tools and procedures in place in case you need to
resort to extreme measures? Join us in this eye opening,
heart-racing, real-life inspired …
Everyone likes pictures and everyone loves pictures of server racks. This is my development environment at the home office. Consisting of top to bottom. Then there’s a pic of my desk. Gotta love the 32″ HDTV. Sun v40z - workstation via VNC / FreeNX SGI 1200 - MySQL master 3com 24port GigE switch Compaq DL360 - nodemaster Compaq DL360 - [...]
As I wrote in a previous post, I’m pretty jazzed about the upcoming MySQL Workbench as I know how nice it is to have a strong modeling tool at your disposal. I’ve just completed a new paper that discusses the many benefits that both developers and DBAs get when they use a good data modeling tool like Workbench. If you’ve been wondering whether a modeling tool can make a difference in your worklife, download the doc and give it a read.
And don’t forget to check out the latest builds of Workbench as the team is working hard on getting the first GA version out. Your help and feedback is greatly appreciated!
UPDATE: It turns out my source wasn't as "highly credible" as I'd expected. I apologize to all for the misinformation in my post below, which I would delete except that it's good to have a reminder around about my incompetence.
A highly credible source has revealed today that Oracle made not one, not two, but at least three separate offers for MySQL. The first was apparently in the range of $300 million. The second? $500 million. The last one was in the range of $850 million.
But Sun got the prize. What happened? It has a lot less to do with cash than it does with character. There's a lesson in this.
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Unless you've been under a rock, you know Sun is buying MySQL AB. That was news, last week. But it was also rather puzzling news, in many ways, and worth taking some time out to consider the implications.
So, for Part One of my coverage of the Sun/MySQL deal, I'm mostly going to offer a bunch of links. For example, the Yahoo! News breaking news story: Sun to buy MySQL for $1 billion. You get the basics of the deal here, but you also get some of the issues spelled out for you: Sun is a "server maker"; meaning, they're a hardware company. Other key points to consider:
I received the following questions about MySQL Certification
today:
I was thinking about getting the Developer and DBA MySQL 5
certifications in short time. But yesterday I received the news
that
Sun is buying MySQL and I don´t know how is this going to affect
the
certifications. Please could you give me some information about
it?
should I try to get the certification now or should I wait until
Sun
takes in charge of the MySQL certifications? Please give me
some
detailed information about all related issues with the
certifications.
Sun's purchase of MySQL still has a lot of details to be worked
out but I sincerely doubt their main focus will be on changing
MySQL Certification. The major change in the MySQL Certification
material will be when MySQL 6.0 is fully released, hopefully late
2008.
BTW MySQL 6.0 will have a lot of features you have dreamed about …