Is MySQL free in a free-market? With the European Commission's ongoing investigation, a debate over what makes free software free has emerged, ironically, centred on how money is made from free software.
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LAMP Server with Ubuntu 9.10
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A LAMP server is a server that employs several key applications to create a full featured web server. These include installation on a Linux Server (L), use of the Apache web server (A), installation of MySQL (M) and PHP (P). This will be a mini-course that will be delivered each building on the previous day.
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Oracle: European Commission Fails to Grasp Open Source
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Oracle claims that the European Commission's public policy against Oracle's takeover of MySQL runs counter to open source freedom and the growing database market.
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10) [ISPConfig 2]
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This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
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So, what is MySQL Cluster? It is a database solution which tries to solve high availability issues by using multiple synchronous masters (for the lack of a better phrase) in a shared-nothing environment. In order to solve a lot of the latency issues associated with multiple masters, it keeps all the indexed data in memory to enable fast processing of the data.
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Using Temporary Tables to Speed Up MySQL
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If you're fetching several resultsets that contain a lot of common data, it can make sense to obtain a single resultset that has all the data that's required, store it in a temporary table, and then select from this temporary table as needed.
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 9.10 [ISPConfig 3]
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This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.
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Many open-sourcers back an Oracle takeover of MySQL
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A number of influential members of the open-source community are raising their voices about Oracle Corp.'s pending takeover of the open source MySQL database.
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The Perfect Server - CentOS 5.4 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]
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This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 5.4 server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
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Step by step instructions with screen shots to install a LAMP server on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.
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A Bit of Licence
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One of the striking aspects of the free software community is its obsession with licences. It's as if within every hacker there's a lawyer struggling to get out. But maybe it's not so surprising; as Larry Lessig reminded us, “code is law”, and the reverse is also true in the sense that the licence adopted has a big impact on how the software is produced.
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Courtois infiltrates another area where there is a potentially-forbidden conflict of interests and Microsoft deceives the EU Commission
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Everything you always wanted to know about MySQL but were afraid to ask
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In order to try and bring some order to the conversation, we have brought together some of the most referenced blog posts and news stories in chronological order. We will continue to update this post until either the acquisition or the EC’s investigation closes.
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Novell Uses IDG to Promote Mono
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Novell's promotional action in IDG gets even more incestuous; MySQL and Sun's other assets revisited in relation to Novell
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Closing Oracle out of open source?
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The complaints and concerns over Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems and open source MySQL database grew this week to calls for the acquisition, or at least the relatively small MySQL part of it, to be blocked.
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