On 01/11/2010 08:43 PM, Bill Arnold wrote: > > Thanks for good info, Leland. > > I understand what you've done and why. I'm resigned that there isn't any > easy way to deal with this problem. I guess I'll ponder what to do for a > while. For the moment MS Security Essentials appears to be doing it's job, > but I'm going to have to rebuild the machine regardless. Each time I go > through the drill I improve the procedure, so it's hours, not days. > > I'm using MySQL more and more these days, so I'm interested in what happens > with it, but don't see it going away anytime soon. I'm guessing we'll wind > up paying a license fee.
MySQL was originally offered under an open GPL license. Later it was offered under a dual license, just like Virtualbox is currently offered under a dual license by Sun. Any code that was once released under the GPL cannot be "closed" again. The license that Sun has granted you with the GPL is perpetual and cannot be taken back. Even if Sun were to change the license again, or Oracle for that matter, this could only affect future versions, and anybody would still be permitted to redistribute the existing MySQL code under the terms of the original GPL. Regards, LelandJ > > A heads up for anyone who may not be aware of this: some of these attackers > also change HTML files on the attacked machine by inserting a line at the > bottom. I expect the line(s) vary between attacks, but the basic idea is > obvious. And to be sure, this is just another step in a progression that's > got to squished before the net is rendered useless (their obvious goal). > > > Bill > > > > >>> You don't mention why you moved from VMWare workstation ? >> >> VMWare Workstation is a good product, but Virtualbox gives >> me everything VMWare Workstation did, and Virtualbox is more >> open, (eg free), while VMWare Workstation is more >> proprietary. All I had to do to get Virtualbox going was >> register my copy with Sun. >> >> Virtualbox seemed to be more responsive than VMware >> Workstation, at least at the time I tested and switched to >> Virtualbox. At that time I was running VMware Workstation >> 4.5.9, and was having trouble with it; because, it was no >> longer being support by the patches needed to work with the >> latest version, (eg libraries) of Linux, so I moved to >> Virtualbox. The alternative was to buy a license from >> VMware for version 5 and version 6 was coming up fast. I >> didn't need the VMware Workstation upgrades; because, I >> didn't have any plans on moving to Vista or Windows 7, so >> buying the upgrades was just another expense that didn't >> really buy me anything. >> >> Virtualbox handles Vista and Windows 7 just fine, if I >> decide I want to move to them, and Sun has been doing a good >> job of keeping Virtualbox up to date. Also, Sun had the >> muscle and talent to really take care of business, like they >> have with other software products like Java, NetBean, >> Glassfish, MySQL, PostgreSQL, OpenOffice.org, Opensolaris, etc. >> >> I don't know what the Oracle acquisition of Sun is going to >> do to Sun's products, but Oracle has come out with a >> statement to the effect they are not going to compete in the >> low end space with outfits like HP, Dell, and Gateway. >> Oracle is going big, so I suppose they will focus on >> competing with the likes of IBM. Sun was big into both >> hardware and software. It will be interesting to see where >> Oracle take the acquired Sun product line. >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
