An excellent Q&A Session with insightful details about the PBXT Storage Engine

A few days ago I had a new idea for a blog post. A post about what it really takes to be a good database administrator. I began by researching what others had done on the topic. At the end of this post you will find links to six of the posts I found that provided some insight into this question. Even after uncovering this information, I thought I could add something to the mix from my own experiences. So here we go!

Almost 2 years ago, in How Open Do You Have To Be To Be Open Source? I wrote:Google and Yahoo! are not rich because they have secrets. They are rich because they started with secrets, but I believe they could safely let their secrets out with very little loss of revenue.Matt Asay’s recent post Google’s slow transformation into an open, transparent company made me dig up that post, which by many standards is old in terms of time, but it’s only now that some of this change is actually happening.Matt ponders,It remains to be seen what, if anything, Google will actually open, but I trust its track record on living up to its word more than Microsoft’s, which also went through a flurry of “We’re now really open!” announcements lately that actually netted the industry…not much.In interesting news, at last night’s Boston Sun/MySQL event (more on that  []

Do you "have_community_features"? I do!SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'have_community_features';+-------------------------+-------+| Variable_name | Value |+-------------------------+-------+| have_community_features | YES | +-------------------------+-------+1 row in set (0.00 sec)I am pretty sure this is one of those variables that MySQL has put in as an unused placeholder, but for now, it is not even documented as unused (as are table_lock_wait_timeout,

MySQL now provides server snapshots (nightly builds). What criteria do they meet? What should they be used for? This article clearly explains.

MySQL 5.1.38 includes the InnoDB plugin. This article shows how to install the plugin, using MySQL Sandbox and the binary snapshots.

Are you starting a new software project? Don't reinvent the wheel. Before committing to some hand made procedure, you should really consider the combination of Bazaar and Launchpad. Handling the source code is not enough. A software project requires planning, defect handling, coordination between bugs and blueprints, a visual roadmap, and all the above in relation to your code branches. Don't forget about mailing lists, FAQ, documentation, which are integral part of a project. Whether you are participating to an existing project or starting a new one, Launchpad and Bazaar are a powerful combination for your productivity.

This session gives an overview about how code contributions to MySQL should be handled and performed. It covers the ideal workflow, requirements and available infrastructure and toolchain that potential contributors should be aware of.

The MySQL Librarian is a collection of community-generated and cross referenced content related to MySQL. It's a place where the community, collaboratively, builds and maintains MySQL content. This article is the MySQL Librarian manual. If the FAQ are not enough, look here!

Are you starting a new software project? Don't reinvent the wheel. Before committing to some hand made procedure, you should really consider the combination of Bazaar and Launchpad. Handling the source code is not enough. A software project requires planning, defect handling, coordination between bugs and blueprints, a visual roadmap, and all the above in relation to your code branches. Don't forget about mailing lists, FAQ, documentation, which are integral part of a project. Whether you are participating to an existing project or starting a new one, Launchpad and Bazaar are a powerful combination for your productivity.

This session gives an overview about how code contributions to MySQL should be handled and performed. It covers the ideal workflow, requirements and available infrastructure and toolchain that potential contributors should be aware of.

Communities, their power, and how they work, seen from the inside.

Tomas Ulin, MySQL Server Director, explains the new MySQL release model which has just recently been announced.

Introduction to MySQL, as given to the Open Communities Forum in Madrid, on June 17, 2009

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