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January 2007
January 31, 2007
MySQL Enterprise
MySQL yesterday starting talking about a new enterprise subscription pricing strategy. For an annual fee of $40,000, you get MySQL Enterprise Server Software (with monthly updates, quarterly service packs and emergency hotfix builds), round-the-clock phone support (plus Knowledge Base and Web) on unlimited installations, and MySQL Network Monitoring & Advisory services -- a remote monitoring service that watches your databases and tells you when problems are brewing.
Zack Urlocker, MySQL executive vice president of products, is quoted by LinuxInsider as follows: "The offer is targeted to companies that have enterprise license agreements with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) , Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) , DB2 or others. In many cases we know that companies are spending more than a million dollars in license fees, but we've priced MySQL Enterprise Unlimited so that it's affordable to medium-sized businesses also."
Posted by John Jainschigg at 10:24 AM Permalink
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January 24, 2007
Eight New W3C Standards (That You Already Know)
Yesterday, after reviewing over 1,000 comments from developers, the W3C ratified eight standards surrounding XML, beginning the gelid process of product migration towards a fixed target. These are standards most of which we've all been struggling with for years -- XSLT 2.0, XPath and related items -- all in diverse and tweaky implementations.
Included in the standard package are:
- XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language:
An XML-aware syntax for querying collections of structured and semi-structured data both locally and over the Web
- XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.0:
Transforms data model instances (XML and non-XML) into other documents, including into XSL-FO for printing
- XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0:
Expression syntax for referring to parts of XML documents
- XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators:
The functions you can call in XPath expressions and the operations you can perform on XPath 2.0 data types
- XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model (XDM):
Representation and access for both XML and non-XML sources
- XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization:
How to output the results of XSLT 2.0 and XML Query evaluation in XML, HTML or as text
- XML Syntax for XQuery 1.0 (XQueryX):
An XML-aware syntax for querying collections of structured and semi-structured data both locally and over the Web
- XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics:
The type system used in XQuery and XSLT 2 via XPath defined precisely for implementers
Posted by John Jainschigg at 11:04 AM Permalink
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January 17, 2007
SQL Server 5 Compact Edition Released
Microsoft today released the product formerly known as 'SQL Everywhere. Now called 'SQL Server 5 Compact Edition,' it's a major upgrade to SQL Server Mobile -- a "low maintenance, compact embedded database for single-user client applications for all Windows platforms including tablet PCs, pocket PCs, smart phones and desktops." As with SQL Server Mobile, SQL Server Compact is a free, easy-to-use, lightweight, and embeddable version of SQL Server 2005 for developing desktop and mobile applications.
You can download the software (which is free) from Microsoft, here. Also included on their Compact Edition landing page are links to a brace of explanatory whitepapers, weblog entries, tutorials, webinars, and what-all.
Posted by John Jainschigg at 01:08 PM Permalink
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January 10, 2007
DoD Limits Data Collection/Retention
News out today that the Department of Defense has agreed to impose limits on collection and use of data in the Joint Advertising, Market Research and Studies Program -- said to be the largest database of info on individuals 16 to 25 years of age. Settling a case brought by the New York chapter of the ACLU, DoD has also agreed to provide means permitting individuals to opt out of the database, which is used for recruitment marketing, and has agreed to observe several other usage and access limitations, including the potential for sharing the database with law enforcement and intelligence.
Posted by John Jainschigg at 12:45 PM Permalink
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January 03, 2007
MySQL's Falcon Nearing Alpha
Kaj Arno, vice president of community relations for MySQL AB, today confirmed that the company's Falcon high-volume, web-services oriented database core engine will be available in alpha for evaluation, performance-review and late feature requests only, starting later this week. The alpha release will be followed by a beta bugfix phase, but no timetable has yet been set. The product competes with the popular InnoDB and BerkeleyDB products, both produced by subsidiaries of Oracle Corp.
The Falcon release works with 32-bit Windows systems and both 32- and 64-bit Linux systems. Additional platform support is planned for later releases. It interoperates directly with MySQL 5.1, though current databases will need to be migrated to the new Falcon format.
Posted by John Jainschigg at 12:36 PM Permalink
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