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The Fight to Save MySQL: Interview with Monty Widenius

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http://redir.internet.com – MySQL developer Widenius claims that Oracle's ownership of the open source database will mean the eventual loss of MySQL as a first-class database without any adequate open source replacement. (General)

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Ubuntu died (wouldn't boot) and I couldn't fix it. I booted a live cd to recover the important stuff and saved it to my NAS. One of the things I backed up was /var/lib/mysql.

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Disappearing test cases or did another part of MySQL just become closed source?

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