MySQL founder publicly criticizes MySQL 5.1

In an unusual move, the founder of MySQL has come out to publicly criticize version 5.1 of the popular MySQL open-source database. Monty Widenius wrote in a blog post that numerous bugs--more than 180, in fact--have yet to be fixed despite MySQL 5.1 receiving generally available (GA) status and becoming available for download.

Worse still, was the assertion by Widenius that there are 20 known "crashing and wrong result bugs" in version 5.1, as well as another 35 known crashing bugs that could well be inherited from version 5.0. Defending their move, a spokesman from Sun Microsystems, which acquired MySQL AB earlier this year, countered that not everyone agrees with Widenius. It remains to be seen just how serious the bugs are at the end of the day. Where Sun is concerned, it recommends that companies test every piece of software before implementing it in production systems.

To read more about this story:
- check out this article at eWeek
- check out the bug list at MySQL