From: Date: September 7 2007 5:54pm Subject: Re: History of MySQL List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/community/245 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" At 11:59 AM +0100 9/7/07, David Axmark wrote: >On Sun, 2007-08-12 at 09:09 +0100, John Roberts wrote: >> Dear All >> >> I am writing a dissertation on spatial FOSS products. I am including MySQL. >> >> I was wondering if anybody could provide me with some information on MySQL >> history. I am particularly interested to know: >> >> 1. In what year was MySQL first released? > >First real external release was in 1996 > >> 2. Was the MySQL first released as Linux only and if so, in what year was >> the Windows version first released? > >It was UNIX only for the first release. Windows was added in 1998 >according to softpedia (I don't remember myself). > >> 3. In what year was the spatial extension of MySQL first released? > >Sorry, this one I don't remember. The spatial extension first appeared in MySQL 4.1.0, which has a release date of 2003-04-03: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-0.html > >> 4. Was the spatial extension first released as Linux only and if so, in what >> year as the Windows version first released? > >We have always had only one codebase so all non OS related features are >releases for all platforms at the same time. > >> I am not subscribed to the mailing list. Therefore would any >respondents be >> so kind as to cc in my personal e-mail address? >> >> Many Thanks for your time. >> >> Kind Regards >> >> John >> Manchester, UK > >/David -- Paul DuBois, MySQL Documentation Team Madison, Wisconsin, USA MySQL AB, www.mysql.com