Hi, I'm not a DB expert, but I guess that the most straightforward substitute for MySQL is MariaDB. Am I right?
Regards 2011/12/21 Olli Salo <[email protected]> > > Hi folks, > > the Java related news are indeed quite alarming, so the OpenJDK java > sounds very good to me (even though I don't regard myself as a developer). > Now, as we know that also mysql is nowadays owned by Oracle then I ask you > guys: am I the only one scared of the time when there is a huge price tag > on mysql? Oracle is already rolling out the Enterprise edition of mysql so > I have to ask is the open source mysql developing any further? When I read > what mysql co-founder Michael Monty Widenius and the rest write, then the > answer is clear: the (former?) mysql key developers are not very happy > about the situation: > > http://monty-says.blogspot.**com/2009/12/oracle-gives-only-** > empty-promises-for.html<http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/oracle-gives-only-empty-promises-for.html> > > Ok, like said I'm not a programmer nor a db specialist so I only ask this > in order to hear what you db gurus say. Also, my intention is not to start > a db war between any particular db's. I just wanted to drop you a line to > ask whether it is indeed wise to follow the mysql path with OPENcast? There > are other db's which seem way more open to me (postgres for one). > > Yours, > > Olli S > > > > > > > > > > On 19.12.2011 23:57, Greg Logan wrote: > >> Hi Hank, >> >> Thanks for bringing this up on list. >> >> It's unfortunate that Oracle has taken this position, but fortunately >> Matterhorn appears to be relatively unscathed. Adam McKenzie and I have >> spent the day testing 1.3 and it seems that OpenJDK 6 works without >> modification. There will be some minor work needed for OpenJDK 7 >> centered mainly around dependencies for 3rd party libraries (log4j pax). >> I can make no guarantees for 1.2 or earlier, those have not been tested >> yet. >> >> All in all, it seems like some minor work and updating our documentation >> should get us through this in one piece! >> >> G >> >> On 11-12-18 03:15 PM, Hank Magnuski wrote: >> >>> *Great news ... watch your Matterhorn installation go down the drain in >>> the middle of the night when you're not looking.* >>> >>> *From: >>> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/**2011/12/java-to-be-removed-** >>> from-ubuntu-uninstalled-from-**user-machines/*<http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/java-to-be-removed-from-ubuntu-uninstalled-from-user-machines/*> >>> ** >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Oracle’s**/ Sun Java JDK/ packages are to be removed from the Ubuntu >>> partner repositories and disabled on users systems.* >>> >>> Oracle, in retiring the ‘Operating System Distributor License for Java’, >>> means Canonical no longer have permission to distribute the package. >>> >>> The change will affect Ubuntu 10.04 LTs, Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 users >>> only. >>> >>> Users who have the /‘sun-java-6′/ package installed on their system will >>> see it removed via a future software update – the exact date of which is >>> ‘TBD’. >>> >>> Anyone requiring the software will need to switch to open-source >>> alternatives (many of which are readily available in the Ubuntu Software >>> Centre) or by manually installing the Java packages available through >>> the Oracle web site. >>> >>> >>> OpenJDK – Succeeding Java >>> >>> OpenJDK – which until now has been the open-source alternatives to Java >>> – will now become *the official implementation of Java*. Oracle >>> themselves will be using OpenJDK as the basis for their own future >>> releases<http://blogs.oracle.**com/henrik/entry/moving_to_** >>> openjdk_as_the<http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the> >>> >. >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Matterhorn-users mailing list >>> Matterhorn-users@**opencastproject.org<[email protected]> >>> http://lists.opencastproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/**matterhorn-users<http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users> >>> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Matterhorn-users mailing list >> Matterhorn-users@**opencastproject.org<[email protected]> >> http://lists.opencastproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/**matterhorn-users<http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users> >> > > > -- > Olli Salo > Tietotekniikkakeskus > Helsingin yliopisto > Tel: +358 9 191 21782 > Gsm: +358 50 407 5509 > Email: [email protected] > > ______________________________**_________________ > Matterhorn-users mailing list > Matterhorn-users@**opencastproject.org<[email protected]> > http://lists.opencastproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/**matterhorn-users<http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users> >
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