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Petition Apple to contribute Mac Java to OpenJDK

Oct 25, 2010

Entry posted to my new blog.

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MariaDB 5.1.49 for Mac OS X

Aug 27, 2010


Stuttgart: a rainy day, waiting for Iftar. Good time for good news!
During my vacation I read about a request for a MariaDB package for Mac OS X? and did some research. Back from vacation I have an alpha version of MariaDB package for Mac OS X for? our community to test.
Caution: this is the first installer I ever wrote on a Mac, so use it on a test system only!
I would like you to test the installer and provide us with feedback.
Known issues in the MariaDB installer:

The Preferences Pane app for starting/stopping the server instance is missing
The installer for setting up MariaDB as a Startup Item is missing.

Side node: while digging into the Mac installer I found two
bugs in the MySQL Mac OS X installer.

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=56279

Mac installer does not work as documented

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=56280

Mac installer’s postflight script does not work all the time

You can grab the package from here:

http://lisas.de/~hakan/file/mariadb-5.1.49-osx10.6-x86.pkg

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An example why Open Source rocks… Take that, Apple!

Jan 04, 2010

My colleague Luca Olivari wrote about the excellent site GetApp.com, where you can find loads of good Open SOurce applications. Where Luca goes wrong though is when he compares this to AppStore for iPhone. Apple does encourage iPhone application development, but it is not Open Source, which is why one crucial Web component is missing: a Flash plug-in. Yes, for those of you without an iPhone, you can NOT view Flash-based pages with an iPhone. The reason? Apple will not allow one, at least not yet, and Adobe has not announced a player for the iPhone.Although the Flash player in and of itself is not Open Source, this still shows what an active eco-system can do for you, it will encourage and promote more and innovative development. Looking at the competing Android platform (I’m on an Acer Liquid myself), a Flash player has been announced, but is not yet released. The eco-system around Android is much younger than that around iPhone, but it is just as large and is truly innovative. If we exclude that fact that tethering applications has been banned from Market (the Android app site), as a result of some telco companies realizing that this was not in their best interest (not that this will stop tethering in the end anyway, and excellent PdaNet, which I use right now, i close to as good, except that it is wired only (Bluetooth enabled PdaNet will be there with Android 2.0 though)).All in all, comparing AppStore and Market will show you just what a true live Open Source environment can do in terms of eco-systems. That Android is less mature in terms of usability and partly in terms of features compared to an iPhone is true, but it is close enough, fully Open Source, intergrates with all the neat Google things (GPS with Google maps is just great, for example) and is about 1/2 the price (at least here in sweden) (I got mine on an auction, and paid even less than my old clunky Nokia E66 even).So, all in all, if you want a true Open Source phone and is willing to accept that some assemply is required, then go for an Android. Take that, Apple!/KarlssonBTW. If you are wondering why I am not blogging as much on databases here as I used to, this is because the heated tone on the MySQL blog-front right now. Me being an evil person and all that.

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MySQL 5.1.42 available for MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

Jan 04, 2010

A few days ago MySQL 5.1.42 got released and it is now available with builds for MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)! The download website doesn’t show it yet, but if you are burning to try, you can get it from the mirror-picking-website.As usual, don’t forget to checkout the changelog before upgrading!If you want to compile it yourself, and need a universal binary, you could try my previous blog entry laquo;Building MySQL universal binaries using MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)raquo;.

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