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IBM, MS Critique MySQL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the some-sqls-are-good dept.

magellan writes "InfoWorld has an article reporting how both IBM and Microsoft are dissing MySQL. While it is understandable from Microsoft, it is interesting that IBM, who often claims to be a defender of Open Source Software, would be so negative. Sun Microsystems and Yahoo are quoted as providing positive opinions on MySQL." On the credit site for MySQL, though, Bingo Foo writes "MySQL has finally answered its detractors who complained about its lack of transactions. A press release today reveals that InnoDB is now fully integrated with the stock MySQL product, allowing ACID-compliant transactions, rollback, and crash recovery. Let the religious wars begin!"

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  1. Oh crap by cicatrix1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    President Bush is going to bomb MyRack!

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  2. Re:DUH by chris_mahan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I meant to say plunck, but pluck is weirdly inappropratively funny.

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  3. Re:Sad by 2short · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    HAHAHAHA!
    That's so funny I've completely forgotten about all my positive experiences with MSSQL and about all the features I need that MySQL is lacking.

  4. Basic statistics by arantius · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, I have only ever taken one course in statistics, but the simplest thing I know is that outliers can ruin data.

    Take away the single largest source of "bandwidth", one internet site, one mail order company.

    Then compare. There is virtually no snail mail based "bandwidth" besides NetFlix. This is just fodder for the people that like pushing numbers around and saying, "Wow, look!"

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