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MySQL backtracks on closed-source plan

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ZDNet Asia; By Matthew Broersma 		Mail this story
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Sun Microsystems has backtracked on previous plans to release important backup features for its MySQL database under a proprietary license, following widespread criticism from the open source community. "MySQL Server is and will always remain fully functional and open source," said Kaj Arno, MySQL's vice president of community relations, in a statement released on his Web site on Wednedsday. "So will the MySQL Connectors, and so will the main storage engines we ship."

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Comments (5)

hughesjr ·
It is refreshing to see that I don't have to convert all my projects to postgresql or firebird :D
gus3 ·
... or SQLite ...
DarrenR114 ·
You should still convert - you'll get improved DB reliability. And if it's not worth worrying about reliability, then it's not worth putting in a DB.
rijelkentaurus ·
Move it to Postgres or Firebird?
DarrenR114 ·
PostgreSQL has a longer history as "tried and true" but Firebird has been proving itself for smaller and "one-off" projects even since its inception as "Interbase" ...

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