Thanks, its taken a lot of coffee sleepless nights just getting familiar with that code but it was all worth it in the end. No cash yet. download the binaries and source even from here http://askmonty.org/wiki/MariaDB:Download#Binaries Steve Obbayi Software Developer ----- Original Message ----- From: "joe mwirigi" <joemwirigi@gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Friday, November 5, 2010 7:39:44 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] MySQL + InnoDB no longer free... @steve, am without words!, Such is the spirit that births innovators and innovation,... some of whom cannot afford those commercial super-expensive tools to tests their skill set. I guess thats what opensource is all about. Creating enabling environments for people to innovate whether monied or not. The rewards usually come in cash, in kind and in brag rights :) _______________________________________________________________ its ok child, He's heard you On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Steve Obbayi < steve@sobbayi.com > wrote: i have been involved with MariaDB for a while now.... a little less nowdays though. I can tell you MariaDB 5.2 ... (MariaDB 5.3 is in the works) has virtually no known bugs. I stress known. The code is as or in my opinion much more stable than MySQL and recently someone offered a live database with terabytes and terabytes of data to specifically for the devs to test the performance of MariaDB (precisely the Aria Engine) on massive data sets. A little history. Its developed by the original MySQL devs. So that in itself vouches for the quality of the product. It has fixed some of the design errors MySQL initially had. The Aria Engine (A transaction safe version of MyISAM) and MaxDB should make you not want to use Innobase Engine. But that again is subjective. Nway if anyone has deep technical questions about MariaDB, installation, building, performance, migrating, blah blah you an get in touch with me offlist, I'd be happy to explain all I can. I will soon be officially supporting MariaDB but will let you guys know when Steve Obbayi Software Developer ----- Original Message ----- From: "joe mwirigi" < joemwirigi@gmail.com > To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > Sent: Friday, November 5, 2010 7:17:18 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] MySQL + InnoDB no longer free... If Mariadb works hard on what drove mysql, I bet it will catch the fire and mysql will remain an expensive db on th shelves while the community drives on maria and she too can fly. _______________________________________________________________ its ok child, He's heard you On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Steve Muchai < smuchai@gmail.com > wrote: On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Glenn Sequeira < gsequeira@gmail.com > wrote:

For users of MySQL with the InnoDB storage engine, you will now have to pay an annual subscription fee:

http://www.mysql.com/products/

Not entirely unexpected. I remember downloading everything of MySQL I could when rumours of the acquisition started, being paranoid as I usually am.... BR S -- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co...ke _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co..ke _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co..ke _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke