Mickos Says MySQL Code Better Than Ever Under Oracle 117
jbrodkin writes "Oracle hasn't done much to foster a community around open source projects, but the former CEO of MySQL said Oracle's expertise has helped boost the database to new heights from a technology perspective. 'Many in the community will ... feel that it's not as open and open source as it used to be and that's true,' Marten Mickos said. 'But the core product, the actual code, is in better shape than ever. And I think they will keep it that way.' Mickos, now head of Eucalyptus, left Sun before the Oracle merger because he correctly predicted that the company could not survive on its own."
Re:The article... (Score:3, Insightful)
I hope so because mysql runs like ass in the cloud.
How so?
On several large scale projects I worked on (online games) our servers were pushing (at peak) up to 5000k queries per second.. and this was a relational database.
Being a seasoned DBA I have found that most database issues (whether MySQL, PostGres, or Oracle) are related to the following:
1. Horrifying SQL statements written by amateurs that have no idea what they are doing to the server
2. Horrifying ORM's that uses a cascade of queries to do things that a single query can resolve.
3. People that have no clue how to tune their database to their application.
Most, if not all of the issues are related to the developer and *this* my friend is the real problem.
Re:MySQL still segfaults (Score:4, Insightful)
All I can say is, use PostgreSQL, if you need professional support, there are various options linked from the PostgreSQL homepage.
Re:The article... (Score:5, Insightful)
please see this tutorial to understand oracle licensing : http://www.oraclelicensestore.com/en/oracle-licensing-basic-tutorial [oraclelicensestore.com]
It's actually quite simple.
You use that phrase "quite simple" - I do not think it means what you think it means.
If a tutorial is required to understand the licensing, its not "quite simple."