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Sun Announced Fatal Bug in MySQL 5.1

Sun officially announced the launch of MySQL 5.1 a new version of popular open source database software. According to Michael Widenius, MySQL Creator, although Sun has recognized this version, but the adoption of these products is still not ready. There is still a fatal bug that is serious affect the quality of the MySQL database software 5.1.

Meanwhile, the previous product, MySQL 5.0 was released in October 2005. Widenius heard some problems with the new features in MySQL 5.1 and warns the user about it. “We still have 20 bugs result from crashing in the 5.1 and 35 other crashing bugs from version 5.0, which is likely still present in version 5.1. It is impossible when you have to fix everything, but at least we have tried to ensure that important used by developers and users of MySQL, have been discussed and improved, and posted to the public.

MySQL has been bought by Sun in the early years of this, a movement toward the future of open source database. The acquisition brings resign his David Axmark, one of the developers remain a co-founder of MySQL AB with Widenius in 1995. Although it sounds Rumor says that the contradiction between Widenius as the management of the Sun and MySQL developers, but Sun argues that Widenius who is responsible for this failure of MySQL 5.1. Widenius blame Marten Mickos, senior Vice President of the group’s database and CEO of Sun senior MySQL AB, because it does not represent the quality and select 5.1 MySQL released still ‘premature’.

For that, Widenius hope there will be organization reconstruction so that the company can certainly walk toward the future management of the product better. Widenius also hope to the developer community for consistent standards of product in order to prepare evaluation code later.