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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. > > > > > > 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 >