Re: Oracle Innobase Purchase Impacts MySQL.

From: Ed Prochak <ed.prochak_at_magicinterface.com>
Date: 11 Oct 2005 15:01:08 -0700
Message-ID: <1129065898.668714.259920@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>

jkstill_at_gmail.com wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
> >
> > The fact that Larry destroyed MySQL as part of his keynote was enough
> > to signal the change to me. I will paraphrase Larry's statement to the
> > best of my ability.
> >
> > "Do you know how long it took for the first break-in and theft of data
> > from MySQL after it was released as compared with Oracle"?
> >
> > MySQL ... 45 minutes
> > Oracle ... 15 years
>
> Hardly a fair comparison.
>
> Who was trying to break into databases 15 years ago?

If you think breakins are relatively new, you are wrong. It has been happening since not long after networks started. Maybe early 70's? I know a few people (nowadays they are security consultants) that did this back then.

SO I think someone targetting databases in 1990 is a good bet. There are even books about it now (breaking into databases, not about the history).

So a very fair comparison. IMHO.

Ed Received on Tue Oct 11 2005 - 17:01:08 CDT