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HP Announces Support For MySQL, JBoss
Chroniton writes "According to InternetNews.com: 'HP stepped up its commitment to open source software Monday by pledging to offer and support the MySQL database server and JBoss application server software in its servers' - it's also mentioned: 'The deal is truly symbiotic. While MySQL and JBoss get backing from a technology driver such as HP, HP gets the added credibility of being cozy with open source, a label many enterprises and HP rivals, such as IBM and Dell, are working toward.'"
If anybody's interested - both JBoss and MySQL ship as part of OS X Server (as well as a few other open-source products).
[)amien
Apple already ships MySQL and JBoss with Mac OS X Server, and supports basic use (e.g., enabling, basic use) via free support channels, or advanced support of any aspect via Mac OS X Server Software Support products.
I for one will not be buying from HP ever again, except maybe for laser printers...
Stick Men
It figures an AC would say that: http://linux.dell.com/
Just making a front on your website saying you support Linux doesn't make it so. I own a Dell Laptop, I've requested many times to have correct Linux drivers for my video card, Dell has not complied. If you had actually bothered to visit the Dell support forums for Linux you would have found a large group of unhappy and frustrated Linux users that had the misfortune of purchasing a Dell.
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They do, in their business line of printers. Consumers don't really want stuff that will last forever, they want to have the latest and greatest of almost everything, not just computer hardware. Businesses want reliability and ROI.
> HP's screwed us before with their DVD writers and other products...
I was curious about this so I checked to see if you can use open source tools to write to HP dvd writers. Turns out you can. So if you don't mind, please elaborate on the alleged screwing that took place.
uhm.... SAP/DB is now MySQL MaxDB
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In my particular case, Dell broke the working video card drivers by hard setting video ram in the Bios to 1Meg. Intel, the maker of the video card was not at fault for this and the video card would have worked had Dell not broken the existing bios. Appearantly Dell went out of the way to make my Insipiron incompatible with Linux.
In addition to certifying a stack of software - RedHat, SUSE, JRockit, JBoss, MySQL - HP will be delivering integrated support and implementation services. This means a customer can but everything from HP, and HP will provide the first level of support to JBoss and MySQL and escalate issues to JBoss, Inc. and MySQL AB if needed as part of the JBoss and MySQL support contracts. Some customers may prefer this to buying separately and contacting separately HP, JBoss and MySQL - but you can still do that if you like... Bob Bickel JBoss
I'd like to respond to this without starting a PG vs MySQL flamewar.
I'm well aware of many advantages that PostgreSQL offers over MySQL (e.g., nearly full SQL92 support, stored procedures in many languages, "object-oriented" storage, views, triggers, etc) and also the performance advantage that MySQL enjoys over PostgreSQL for some operations.
We've chosen MySQL over Postgresql because that is what our enterprise customers have requested. If we have sufficient interest in Postgresql, it will definitely move up on the roadmap.
Jamie Becker
Project Manager
HP Open Source Reference Architecture
HP Services
jamieson dot becker at hp dot com
https://jamiesonbecker.com
Just to point out the obvious, HP was DEC. DEC was bought out by compaq who then merged with HP. Those compaq proliant servers? Rebadged digitals. The hp branded monitor and keyboard that I'm sitting at right now are identical to the compaq monitor and keyboard a couple of desks over, just the brand has changed (the model numbers are still the same)
The hp compaq d530 I'm using is pretty nice though - P4 2.8G, pity it's running NT4 (as is still the corporate standard here).
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I'd be happy to respond to questions about this supported and certified architecture that may not be answered in this article.
Jamie Becker
Project Manager
HP Open Source Linux Reference Architecture
HP Services
jamieson dot becker at hp dot com
https://jamiesonbecker.com
When I see MYSQL running on Itanium...
Well, I've seen MySQL running on Itanium, we have a whole cluster of them at work, in production since December. MySQL supports it and we get the binaries directly from them, so I don't see any obstacle to getting it via HP.
Alan.
It's difficult to partner with PG as there is not a controlling company.
I'm sorry, but I just disagree on this. While there is no one company to partner with financially, there certainly is a single controlling group known as the "PostgreSQL Global Development Group" or PGDG.
Much like the Apache Group, the PGDG is the group that's the head mofos in charge. Their website is developer.postgresql.org
Much like the Apache Group, the PGDG is made up of the key developers, each sponsored in one way or another by some interested party. If HP were wanting to sponsor a developer to work on PostgreSQL, it is quite likely that they could find one or two good ones already working on it in their spare time who would be happy to stay at home and hack on it. Compare the developer mailing lists for both MySQL and PostgreSQL, and you'll find a much larger number of developers working on PostgreSQL than MySQL.
By the way, there is a seperate marketing arm, hosted on advocacy.postgresql.org which is where PostgreSQL
But claiming you need a commercial arm in order to properly partner with an Open Source project is to completely misunderstand how real open source projects get done.
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