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MySQL 5.0-alpha Released to the Public

Posted by simoniker on from the that's-sqool dept.

hendridm writes "The new 5.0-alpha release of MySQL includes the addition of stored procedures, as well as other advances designed to enhance the development of large-scale enterprise database applications. The MySQL 5.0 alpha development release is now available for testing and evaluation by the open source community. There's more info via CNET News, or you can download your copy today."

2 of 30 comments (clear)

  1. Commercial by ByteSlicer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    MySQL is a commercial open-source company
    Strange to see the words "commercial" and "open-source" being used in the same sentence. They prove it can be done!

  2. Everyones ambitious by mnmn · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Do they really have to look up and try to compete with enterprise databasen? Theyre really in a good niche where some deem postgresql to be too big and complex, yet where basic SQL is a requirement and db4 doesnt work.

    Mysql's strength has been in web backends and simple applications that outgrow hash databases, and small databases that require multiplatform database connections. Them trying to outgrow their niche and join the crowded markets is like shooting themselves in the foot. They should spend time refining, debugging, adding more functions and features suitable at that scale, speeding it up, standardizing the source code and porting it to hell and back.

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