http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1190607457;fp;2;fpid;1
( -or- http://tinyurl.com/256d5a )
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My SQL has laid out its software road map through 2009, including
some code contributed by Google and security improvements that are
due in MySQL 7.0.
Earlier this year Google signed a Contributor License Agreement,
which provides the legal framework under which MySQL can include code
from another company in its database, MySQL co-founder and Vice
President David Axmark said on Tuesday.
Google is secretive about the distributed architecture underlying its
services, but it's known to be one of MySQL's biggest users, running
hundreds or even thousands of its databases worldwide.
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This is a great example of the spirit of Open Source. MySQL had a
tool that Google could use, but didn't do everything they wanted. So
Google improves the code, releases that code, and MySQL incorporates
it into the product, which will then benefit millions of users.
-- Ed Leafe
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