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MSU has a deal with Oracle. Since last year, MSU has a varsity license with Oracle and now is very cheap to get it. Ramon Hernandez wrote: > Probably a good thing MSU cut a deal with Oracle. > --Ray > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Laurence Bates <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > > > http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2008/11/oops-we-did-it-again-mysql-51-released.html > > > > http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=36149 > > > > 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. > -- Oscar Castaneda Michigan State University