How not to manage a MySQL query
Poorly written queries will run slowly in MySQL. There’s really no way around it, but a slew of posts over at Digg.com are trying anyway. One blogger named Mike that I found today takes them all to...
View ArticleEnterprise Linux recap, week of April 23
The buzz from March’s Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 announcement has seeped into the end of April, it would seem, as this week’s recap is all about RHEL 5: Oracle Linux gets backing from EMC, others It...
View ArticleDatabase market is exploding, but how about MySQL?
James Governor over at MonkChips (a RedMonk blog)is waxing critically at some IDC numbers and a fellow blogger today. Specifically, he takes issue with a recent analysis that said the Big Three in...
View ArticleThe best open-source SQL server under the sun?
SELECT company FROM mysql INNER JOIN sun ON mysql.about_time = sun.smart_move By now most people have heard the news: Sun is acquiring MySQL. I was sharing the announcement with co-workers when one of...
View ArticleA bright future for MySQL
The recent acquisition of open source database vendor MySQL by software supergiant Sun Microsystems has many asking if this is a good thing. SearchEnterpriseLinux.com expert Don Rosenberg thinks so. He...
View ArticleVIPs’ drop-ins delight MySQL dinner guests
At the MySQL conference in Santa Clara, Calif., Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green, Sun’s senior vice president of software, dropped in unexpectedly in an informal dinner organized...
View ArticleOpen source community reacts to Oracle-Sun deal
Yesterday’s news that Oracle had entered an agreement to buy Sun sent a bit of a shock wave through the open source community. After weeks of pondering what an IBM buyout of Sun would mean, the IT...
View ArticleEnterpriseDB open source database compatibility expands
In another swipe at Oracle, EnterpriseDB has released Postgres Plus Advanced Server 9.0 which includes support for the HP-UX operating environment. This feature is obviously intended to lure some of...
View ArticleOSCON Data attracts upstart DB companies
PORTLAND, ORE. — At OSCON today it became glaringly obvious what the big push at the conference is besides cloud: Data. For the first time, OSCON Data is colocated with the main conference. The event...
View ArticleDevelopers worry about the future of MySQL conferences
MySQL has gone through a bit of turmoil, and we have reported on some of the efforts to keep it going despite a seemingly uncommitted parent company. So we aren’t exactly surprised at the news that...
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