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MySQL & Open Source Code Quality

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the krow-can't-take-kredit dept.

dozek writes "Perhaps another rung for the Open Source model of software development, eWeek reports that an independent study of the MySQL source code found it to be "in fact six times better than that of comparable commercial, proprietary code." You can read the eWeek write-up or the actual research paper (reg. required)."

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  1. Re:If you would RTFA... by lewp · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Congratulations, you're the one millionth person to point out in a Slashdot comment that MySQL is not a full-strength database product.

    Everyone knows this. Everyone understands this. Nobody makes claims to the contrary. It's still horribly useful to lots of people. Let's move on.

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