Who says the Oracle source code is any better off? :)

-Alec

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Oscar Castaneda <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> MSU has a deal with Oracle. Since last year, MSU has a varsity license with
> Oracle and now is very cheap to get it.
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> Ramon Hernandez wrote:
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>> Probably a good thing MSU cut a deal with Oracle.
>> --Ray
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>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Laurence Bates <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>>    Having spent a frustrating afternoon trying to install XAMPP v1.7
>>    I checked into the source of the problem.  In doing so, I noticed
>>    the following URL's which appear to cast doubt on the coding
>>    techniques used in some of the most important open source code
>>    that we rely on.
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>>  http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2008/11/oops-we-did-it-again-mysql-51-released.html
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>>    http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=36149
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>>    I particularly like the last comment of the second URL: - "*btw: What
>> was the reason for not patching (MySQL) 5.x branches?* "  All the more so
>> since the comment is only two days old and both Sun and MySQL.com are
>> touting MySQL 5.1 as the best thing since sliced bread  – see below.
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> Oscar Castaneda
> Michigan State University
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