Thread: Google Releases Improved MySQL Code
Saw this article and wondered if there had been any similar PR around the Skype tools for PostgreSQL. That's *at least* as impressive and interesting a story... http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201237
On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 08:19:08AM -0400, Ned Lilly wrote: > Saw this article and wondered if there had been any similar PR around > the Skype tools for PostgreSQL. That's *at least* as impressive and > interesting a story... > > http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201237 Everything that has Google mentioned is obviously worthy of a lot of articles ;-) It is interesting to see that it's only for MySQL 4... //Magnus
Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 08:19:08AM -0400, Ned Lilly wrote: > > Saw this article and wondered if there had been any similar PR around > > the Skype tools for PostgreSQL. That's *at least* as impressive and > > interesting a story... > > > > http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201237 > > Everything that has Google mentioned is obviously worthy of a lot of > articles ;-) It is true that we could make better PR use of some things that happen in our land though ... -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
Magnus Hagander schrieb: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 08:19:08AM -0400, Ned Lilly wrote: >> Saw this article and wondered if there had been any similar PR around >> the Skype tools for PostgreSQL. That's *at least* as impressive and >> interesting a story... >> >> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201237 > > Everything that has Google mentioned is obviously worthy of a lot of > articles ;-) > It is interesting to see that it's only for MySQL 4... And nobody knows (I suspect even google doesnt) why they really need that SQL like layer on top of the bsddb-storage ;-) Regards Tino
Tino Wildenhain wrote: > Magnus Hagander schrieb: >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 08:19:08AM -0400, Ned Lilly wrote: >>> Saw this article and wondered if there had been any similar PR >>> around the Skype tools for PostgreSQL. That's *at least* as >>> impressive and interesting a story... >>> >>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201237 >>> >> >> Everything that has Google mentioned is obviously worthy of a lot of >> articles ;-) >> It is interesting to see that it's only for MySQL 4... > > And nobody knows (I suspect even google doesnt) why they really need > that SQL like layer on top of the bsddb-storage ;-) Because it's convenient and gives you the good feeling of being standard compliant :o) Regards, Andreas
On 4/25/2007 9:22 AM Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 08:19:08AM -0400, Ned Lilly wrote: >> Saw this article and wondered if there had been any similar PR around >> the Skype tools for PostgreSQL. That's *at least* as impressive and >> interesting a story... >> >> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201237 > > Everything that has Google mentioned is obviously worthy of a lot of > articles ;-) > It is interesting to see that it's only for MySQL 4... That *is* interesting... and maybe the hook for talking about the Skype code. Developing for the leading edge release intight coordination with the hacker community, instead of (my words here, just a guess) beating old MySQL code into shapethen trying to persuade the MySQL guys to take your patches. Is Marko or anyone else from Skype on this list?
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Ned Lilly wrote: > Saw this article and wondered if there had been any similar PR around > the Skype tools for PostgreSQL. That's *at least* as impressive and > interesting a story... Well there is a significant difference here. Unless Google also hands the copyright to MySQL AB, there is no chance that the change will make it into the standard distribution. I will try to get confirmation on the question this today. regards, Lukas
Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > Ned Lilly wrote: >> Saw this article and wondered if there had been any similar PR around >> the Skype tools for PostgreSQL. That's *at least* as impressive and >> interesting a story... > > Well there is a significant difference here. Unless Google also hands > the copyright to MySQL AB, there is no chance that the change will make > it into the standard distribution. I will try to get confirmation on the > question this today. I talked to Mark from Google here at MySQL UC and he told me that Google has no issues giving MySQL the right to commercial proprietary licensing the code. However of course Google's lawyers need to review the MySQL CLA before these changes can make their way into the MySQL standard distribution. Of course MySQL AB also has final say on if they actually want to integrate the code or not. regards, Lukas
On 4/25/2007 4:46 PM Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: >> Ned Lilly wrote: >>> Saw this article and wondered if there had been any similar PR around >>> the Skype tools for PostgreSQL. That's *at least* as impressive and >>> interesting a story... >> >> Well there is a significant difference here. Unless Google also hands >> the copyright to MySQL AB, there is no chance that the change will >> make it into the standard distribution. I will try to get confirmation >> on the question this today. > > I talked to Mark from Google here at MySQL UC and he told me that Google > has no issues giving MySQL the right to commercial proprietary licensing > the code. However of course Google's lawyers need to review the MySQL > CLA before these changes can make their way into the MySQL standard > distribution. Of course MySQL AB also has final say on if they actually > want to integrate the code or not. Yes, and historically, that hasn't been MySQL AB's strong suit. Maybe that's changing, though.
Ned Lilly wrote: > On 4/25/2007 4:46 PM Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: >> I talked to Mark from Google here at MySQL UC and he told me that >> Google has no issues giving MySQL the right to commercial proprietary >> licensing the code. However of course Google's lawyers need to review >> the MySQL CLA before these changes can make their way into the MySQL >> standard distribution. Of course MySQL AB also has final say on if >> they actually want to integrate the code or not. > > Yes, and historically, that hasn't been MySQL AB's strong suit. Maybe > that's changing, though. It has ..because in the past there wasnt even a clear procedure for code contributions. Now they have a procedure in place (CLA etc.). Will be interesting how it plays out. While I was talking to Mark, Jay Pipes came to the discussion by coincidence and he at least expressed that MySQL AB is interested in this contributions (albeit he is not someone that can do technical decisions). regards, Lukas