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MySQL to Get Injection of Google Code 195

inkslinger77 writes to mention that MySQL has published their software roadmap out through 2009 and it includes an injection of code from Google. Google remains relatively secretive about how their systems work but they are one of the largest users of MySQL. Earlier this year Google signed a Contributor License Agreement which provides a framework for them to contribute code to MySQL. "The search company has done a lot of work customizing MySQL to meet its special needs, which include better database replication, and tools to monitor a high volume of database instances, Axmark said in an interview at MySQL's user conference in Paris. MySQL will include some of those capabilities in future versions of its database, probably in point upgrades to MySQL 6.0, which is scheduled for general availability in late 2008, Axmark said."

Comment Pollution (Score 1) 1074

Encapsulated in this debate is the issue of light pollution.

Any avid astronomer, amateur or otherwise, will agree that the growing plight of the skies is the hazy glow that makes all but the brightest of the celestial bodies visible.

Although not as pressing as the environmental concerns, since simply switching everything off causes the problem to go away (as any blackout demonstrates), the reality of it is that a large percentage of big city dwellers will seldom experience the joy of simply slowing down and appreciating the beauty of our universe!

Aesthetic benefits aside, I feel that such moments would help us put our problems into perspective, thus inducing the calming effect we require to get through this rat race. Quite a natural alternative to 'party supplies'.

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