The MySQL Council has been operational for more than one year, with mixed fortunes. As an early member, I am glad to be a member, and I feel that I have done something useful by participating in this organism. The council is young, and the MySQL community is variegated and sparse. The enthusiasm of the first volunteers must be reinforced by the injection of new members, who can contribute fresh views and keep the council on their toes. I am glad to see more names coming up, and, as some of my fellow council members, I volunteered to serve for another year. But this doesn't need to be my decision. I will stay unless we get feedback on the contrary, and the same will be for the other people in the list below. (1)Please use the …
[Read more]Today I'm coming out of the closet. Since I'm a professional database expert I try to be like the mainstream and use the commercial MySQL forks (including MySQL itself). But I think those close to me have already known for some time that I like community based open source projects. I cannot deny it any longer, so let me just say it: I'm a Drizzle contributor and I'm very much engaged!
I've been eyeing the Drizzle project since it started in 2008. Already then there were dozens of MySQL hackers for which this project was a refuge they instantly flocked to. Finally a real open source project based on MySQL code that they could contribute to, and they did. It was like a breath of fresh air in a culture that previously had only accepted one kind of relationships: that between an employer and an employee. Drizzle was more liberal. It accepted also forms of engagement already common in most other open source projects that are based on …
[Read more]An annual tradition of the upcoming MySQL user conference is the awards ceremony. Last year we introduced the opportunity for everyone in the community to nominate candidates and this was a big success. Now is the time to start nominating deserving winners for the awards for 2012, in the 3 categories named below.
The winners will be selected by a community panel (see below) and winners will be announced on Wednesday, April 11th at the Santa Clara Convention Center, as part of the evening Community Reception.
How:
Please send in your suggestions for deserving
winners
to: mysql.awards@gmail.com
no later than: 23:59 Sunday February 29th (Pacific
time)
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[Read more]Following the success of our OTN MySQL Developer Day in London last October, we are running additional MySQL Developer Days in Europe!
Join us in:
- Germany: Frankfurt - February 9th - Check out the agenda and register here!
- France: Paris - March 21st - Check out the agenda and register here!
The MySQL Developer Day is a one-stop shop for you to learn all the essential MySQL skills. In this free, one-day seminar, we will cover everything you need to know to successfully design, develop, and manage your MySQL databases. You'll also learn the guidelines and best practices in performance tuning and scalability. Space is limited so register now!
Additionally, we …
[Read more]Following the success of our OTN MySQL Developer Day in London last October, we are running additional MySQL Developer Days in Europe!
Join us in:
- Germany: Frankfurt - February 9th - Check out the agenda and register here!
- France: Paris - March 21st - Check out the agenda and register here!
The MySQL Developer Day is a one-stop shop for you to learn all the essential MySQL skills. In this free, one-day seminar, we will cover everything you need to know to successfully design, develop, and manage your MySQL databases. You'll also learn the guidelines and best practices in performance tuning and scalability. Space is limited so register now!
Additionally, we …
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As Keith announced today, there are two more Oracle ACE
Directors for MySQL expertise. In case you are wondering how an
ACE Director compares to a regular ACE, here is an overview and some FAQ.
The MySQL DevRoom at FOSDEM is ready. The schedule has been voted. Thanks to all who have participated. Now, let's make sure that the event is successful. The schedule is juicy, and not only because I have three talks in it!
| Sunday 2012-02-05 | |||
| Event | Speaker | Room | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| All you need to know about migrations and you never dared to ask | … |
In its latest release MySQL Enterprise Backup (MEB 3.7.0) rolled out a new feature called 'incremental-base' which can save a lot of time and effort of the users when taking incremental backups. Let us understand this new feature and how it can be helpful:
[Read more]I suppose the true birthdate could be debated, but from the *Community* perspective, it can be either the 14 or 11 year birthdate for MySQL!
*Unless* of course you are Monty or David, or one of the internal testers/users, for which May 95 may hold slightly more significance
14 Years ago: The Windows [alpha] was released January 8, 1998.
11 Years ago: The first GA version of 3.23 was released in January 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL#Product_history
Note Monty and David first began working on MySQL in 1994, and the first internal release occurred on May 23, 1995. But, since that was all internal, January works for me.
Happy Birthday MySQL!
Hi again
It's time to announce the next Helsinki MySQL User Group which is on February 8 at 18:00. Venue is Solinor's meeting and sauna facilities in North Haaga: http://www.meetup.com/The-Helsinki-MySQL-User-Group/events/42163422/
By popular request, Monty will be sharing news about MariaDB, after which there is the usual food, beverages, sauna and socializing.
The organizers would really appreciate it if you could RSVP at the meetup request above. Last time the place was already packed and now with this kind of superstar speaker the hosts want to make sure they book an appropriate room and enough food. (Seems there's already 20+ going!)
See you there!