Thieves operate under the cover of darkness. It shields them from what would otherwise be watchful eyes, keeping a look out in their neighborhood. Broad daylight makes criminal activity a little more difficult to execute, because the thieve is naturally exposed. This obstacle alone stands in the way — it acts as a security barrier. But the internet is not like that at all. Not only is there no such thing as broad daylight in cyberspace, but the whole idea of neighborhood doesn't really make sense. Security online amounts to every man for himself.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Free MySQL Free Internet
Monty, the creator of the MySQL database, says that Oracle acquiring Sun could be the end of MySQL. MySQL is a major competitor for Oracle's proprietary offerings.
LAMP stacks, which make up a huge part of the Internet depend hugely on MySQL and would be affected in a big way by this acquisition.
But would it affect the Internet as a whole? Sure, there would be a sizable impact but it would by no means shut things down for good. There are other open source databases out there. MySQL happens to be a great one and it would be a shame to see it go.
LAMP stacks, which make up a huge part of the Internet depend hugely on MySQL and would be affected in a big way by this acquisition.
But would it affect the Internet as a whole? Sure, there would be a sizable impact but it would by no means shut things down for good. There are other open source databases out there. MySQL happens to be a great one and it would be a shame to see it go.
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