Comments on: MySQL binaries for Windows http://www.fridaynite.org/mysql-binaries-for-windows/ Just another famous Blog by Fridaynite Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:20:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: LenZ http://www.fridaynite.org/mysql-binaries-for-windows/#comment-31 LenZ Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:03:30 +0000 http://www.fridaynite.org/mysql-binaries-for-windows/#comment-31 <i>MySQL is no longer providing Windows binaries for free.</i> Sorry, but this is simply not true. Please see the comment on the <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html" rel="nofollow">MySQL 5.0 Download pages</a>: <blockquote>While every bug fix that has been applied to the Enterprise Server will also be available in the subsequent Community Server release, there will be source-only releases in between full (source and binary) Community builds. So while the latest published community sources will always be available from the Source Downloads Section, the binaries listed on this page may be from a previous release. In any case, full binaries for all our supported operating systems are and will remain conveniently available from this page.</blockquote> Also see <a href="http://www.planetmysql.org/kaj/?p=84" rel="nofollow">Kaj Arnö's blog entry</a> for a clarification: <b>MySQL continues providing Windows binaries for free</b> <blockquote>Contrary to some reports in the community, MySQL will continue providing binaries both for Windows and other operating systems. All our download pages, including those for MySQL 5.0, have binaries today, and will continue to have them.</blockquote> MySQL is no longer providing Windows binaries for free.
Sorry, but this is simply not true. Please see the comment on the MySQL 5.0 Download pages:

While every bug fix that has been applied to the Enterprise Server will also be available in the subsequent Community Server release, there will be source-only releases in between full (source and binary) Community builds. So while the latest published community sources will always be available from the Source Downloads Section, the binaries listed on this page may be from a previous release. In any case, full binaries for all our supported operating systems are and will remain conveniently available from this page.

Also see Kaj Arnö’s blog entry for a clarification:

MySQL continues providing Windows binaries for free

Contrary to some reports in the community, MySQL will continue providing binaries both for Windows and other operating systems. All our download pages, including those for MySQL 5.0, have binaries today, and will continue to have them.

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