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My friend Monty (of MySQL fame) has started blogging at http://monty-says.blogspot.com/. After just a day, he already has two posts – one on the Sun acquisition of MySQL and a longer one on the new Maria engine.
If you are interested in MySQL, you should definitely check the blog out.

Tags: Blogging, monty, MySQL, News

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