There was a point a few years ago where Sun could have had the next generation UNIX filesystem. It was in Solaris (and people were excited), there was a port to MacOS X (that was quite exciting for people) and there was a couple of ways to run it on linux (and people were excited). So… instead of the fractured landscape of ext3, HFS+ and (the various variations of) UFS we could have had one file system that was common between all of the commonly used UNIX-like variants. Think of being able to use a file system on a removable drive that isn’t FAT and being able to take it from machine to machine (well… Windows would be a problem, but it always is).

There was some really great work done in OpenSolaris with integration between the file manager and ZFS snapshots (a slider bar to browse the history of a directory, an idea I’ve championed for over a decade now, although the Sun implementation was likely completely independently developed). …

MySQL Connector/Net 6.4.5 has been released!  This is an update to our 6.4 driver and brings several bug fixes.  It is appropriate for production use with MySQL server versions 5.0-5.5

It is now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/#downloads and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point-if you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

You can read about the changes in this version at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/connector-net-news-6-4-5.html

You can find our team blog at …

Recent news that Microsoft and Barnes & Noble agreed to partner on the Nook e-reader line rather than keep fighting over intellectual property suggests the prospect of more settlement and fewer IP suits in the industry. However, the deal further obscures the blurry IP and patent landscape currently impacting both enterprise IT and consumer technology.

It is good to see settlement — something I’ve been calling for, while also warning against patent and IP aggression. However, this settlment comes from the one conflict in this ongoing war that was actually shedding some light on the matter, rather than further complicating it.

See the full article at TechNewsWorld.

MySQL Connector/Net 6.3.9, the latest maintenance release of our 6.3 version series, has been released.  Connector/Net is our all-managed .NET driver for MySQL.  This release will be the last release of our 6.3.x series and contains more than 25 fixes from the 6.3.8 base.  Users looking for additional fixes or features should upgrade to our most recent version.  You can see the list of changes and read more about the connector at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/connector-net.html

Version 6.3.9 is appropriate for use with versions of MySQL 5.0-5.5.

It is now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.3.html#downloads and mirror sites (note that not all mirror …

Now that we have finished 6.5 it's time to really start gearing up for 6.6.  We have  many great feature ideas but we want to hear from you.  To help with that, we're running a poll on the website where you can vote on the features you would like to see in the next version of the best MySQL ADO.Net Connector on the planet.  You can find the poll at http://dev.mysql.com and scrolling near the bottom of the page.  

Thanks for your time and please go vote.  

We recently released Connector/Net 6.5 as GA.  Our policy is that we actively support the last 2 GA versions of the Connector so we are dropping support for Connector/Net 6.3.  Any users who are actively using 6.3 are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version.  You can find the formal announcement at http://mysql.com/support/eol-notice.html

A screencast demonstrating the MariaDB Windows installer.

(I recommend watching it in full screen 720p, so you can see the details.)

Some links:

• The MariaDB homepage
• The AskMonty Knowledgebase
• The MariaDB Downloads page
• Installing MariaDB on Windows documentation
• The HeidiSQL homepage

Acknowledgments:

A big thanks to Vladislav Vaintroub, MariaDB’s Windows guru, and to Rasmus Johansson for help with the screencast.

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MySQL Connector/Net 6.5.4 has gone GA!  This is the first production-ready version of our new 6.5 connector and we are very excited about it.  Connector/Net is an all-managed .NET driver for MySQL and is the best solution for your MySQL and .NET data access needs. 

Version 6.5.4 includes full support for MySQL server versions 5.0-5.6 and includes some exciting new features such as:

• Much improved partial trust support.  Hosting providers can now configure their trust policies exactly the way they are configured for SQL Server and your application can run without trouble in partial/medium trust.
• Auto-completion support in the Visual Studio editor.  We have integrated a brand new parser into our Visual Studio work and we are jut getting started showing it's benefits. Open up a VS editor start typing your SQL and you'll see what i mean.
• Command injection support!  …

MySQL Connector/Net 6.5.3, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released.  This is the second of our two Release Candidate (RC) releases.  As is the case with all non-GA releases, it should not be used in any production environment.  It is appropriate for use with MySQL server versions 5.0-5.6

It is now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/#downloads and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point-if you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

The 6.5 release of MySQL Connector/Net brings new features such as

• Exception and command injector support
• Millseconds support
• Better partial-trust support
…