svn commit - mysqldoc@docsrva: r7255 - in trunk: . refman-common

[paul]

Author: paul
Date: 2007-07-27 22:04:09 +0200 (Fri, 27 Jul 2007)
New Revision: 7255

Log:
 r28009@polar:  paul | 2007-07-27 15:02:30 -0500
 Clarify derivation of name "MySQL". (Brian)


Modified:
   trunk/refman-common/what-is.en.xml

Property changes on: trunk
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Name: svk:merge
   - 4767c598-dc10-0410-bea0-d01b485662eb:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:27992
7d8d2c4e-af1d-0410-ab9f-b038ce55645b:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc:23096
b5ec3a16-e900-0410-9ad2-d183a3acac99:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:14218
bf112a9c-6c03-0410-a055-ad865cd57414:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:18941
   + 4767c598-dc10-0410-bea0-d01b485662eb:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:28009
7d8d2c4e-af1d-0410-ab9f-b038ce55645b:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc:23096
b5ec3a16-e900-0410-9ad2-d183a3acac99:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:14218
bf112a9c-6c03-0410-a055-ad865cd57414:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:18941


Modified: trunk/refman-common/what-is.en.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-common/what-is.en.xml	2007-07-27 16:32:41 UTC (rev 7254)
+++ trunk/refman-common/what-is.en.xml	2007-07-27 20:04:09 UTC (rev 7255)
Changed blocks: 2, Lines Added: 9, Lines Deleted: 9; 1813 bytes

@@ -246,11 +246,7 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      The derivation of the name MySQL is not clear. Our base directory
-      and a large number of our libraries and tools have had the prefix
-      <quote>my</quote> for well over 10 years. However, co-founder
-      Monty Widenius's daughter is also named My. Which of the two gave
-      its name to MySQL is still a mystery, even for us.
+      MySQL is named after co-founder Monty Widenius's daughter, My.
     </para>
 
     <para>

@@ -293,20 +289,24 @@
       <listitem>
         <para>
           MySQL 4.0 and 4.1: <xref linkend="mysql-4-0-nutshell"/>, and
-          <ulink
url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/mysql-nutshell.html">MySQL 4.1 in a
Nutshell</ulink>.
+          <ulink
url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/mysql-nutshell.html">MySQL
+          4.1 in a Nutshell</ulink>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
         <para>
-          MySQL 5.0: <ulink
url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-nutshell.html">MySQL 5.0 in a
Nutshell</ulink>.
-
+          MySQL 5.0:
+          <ulink
url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-nutshell.html">MySQL
+          5.0 in a Nutshell</ulink>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
         <para>
-          MySQL 5.1: <ulink
url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-nutshell.html">MySQL 5.1 in a
Nutshell</ulink>.
+          MySQL 5.1:
+          <ulink
url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-nutshell.html">MySQL
+          5.1 in a Nutshell</ulink>.
         </para>
       </listitem>