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From: Daniel Jin (DanielJin_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:13:06 -0700

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"Patty O'Dors" wrote:

>
> > What are you talking about? Who said anything about Linux?
>
> MySQL is widely known to be a GNU/linux-based project. Don't anybody be
> fooled. I know.
>
> >
> > First of all, there are precompiled binaries available for MANY different OS's,
>
> If it's produced for many different operating systems, it's a bit like
> saying it's "Jack of all trades, master of none".
> The advert "works on many different operating systems" is a synonym for it
> being largely linux-based - what with all these 'solaris' and 'OS/2' and 'arm
> elf' builds, etc...eeeurgghh!!!
> You do realise that the main pleasure people get out of these programs is
> simply being able to get them to compile on their particular version of linux
> on the particular processor they've got, and discussing the trials and
> tribulations of their silly little compilation capers on various stupid
> weblogs that clutter up google ?
> Of course, many of the different versions of linux can each be worked on
> many the weird hybrid processor varieties, further adding to the delight they
> take in confusing windows users with the umpteen different combinations of
> compilation settings that ensues.
>
>
> >including various flavors of Linux.
> > Might want to look at:
> > http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.0.html
> > before you make a statement like that. Of the probably over 50 different packages available for download there, only 3 are source.
>
> I don't want to get into surfing these people's web pages. It's a bottomless
> pit, that leads nowhere. If MySQL is that good, why are there FIFTY different
> packages? I'll tell you why - they don't all work. You have to hunt for the
> one that does. But then again, that's obviously what GNU fans think the fun
> of computing revolves around.
>
>
> >
> > Second, as this is a primarily windows-using newsgroup (Mono isn't quite that big yet), it is a safe assumption that, unless stated
> > otherwise, we are discussing Windows.
>
> Well, maybe you shouldn't raise the topic of linux and GNU-based programs
> like MySQL then. (Not saying YOU personally did... but someone did)
>
> >
> > And, even if there WEREN'T any compiled binaries available... this is a DEVELOPMENT newsgroup... if you can't compile source code
> > you probably have some other problems to see to first.
>
> I am perfectly capable of writing AND compiling source code, and complex
> source code at that - but that doesn't mean I should be any good at building
> GCC or MySQL or any other stupid GNU-based program. I don't have to be - if i
> don't ENJOY downloading it and compiling it, I can't see where it's going to
> actually GET me in anything less than a matter of years, that a windows
> program won't in a few minutes...
>
> After all, if a program's had salaried programmers working on it, who've
> still got a wife and kids to feed if they get the sack for the program not
> being good enough or not working, they're going to make damn sure it works
> and that the version that works is the only one that gets released. These
> open source - yes, ok anybody may be able to improve on it. But at the end of
> the day, the ones that are going to be able to improve on it best have
> probably got other, more lucrative things to do.
>
> They don't have anybody to answer to if it doesn't work, as no-one's paid
> them any money. Stands to reason that it's not going to work!
>
>
> >
> > Adam Clauss
> > cabadam@tamu.edu
> >
> >
> >

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