MySQL Mug and Ten Years of MySQL and PHP 109

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 28, 2005 @03:28AM from the how-many-landlords-work-at-mysql dept.

Jamesday writes "Monty Widenius accepted a plaque celebrating ten years of MySQL and PHP at LinuxTag. Until the end of June MySQL also has some 10th anniversary MySQL mugs on sale which feature the names of all MySQL employees in April 2005, about 200 people who can personally testify that you can make a living from open source software. Since Slashdot and MySQL share many users in common, I asked the MySQL community manager to give some mugs away to the Slashdot crowd. An arbitrary number of registered Slashdot posters, at least one, whose answers are closest to the exact date when MySQL 1.0 was first released internally will get one. Answers in response to this post, 24 hour time limit; no employees, former employees, their relatives or others we think should be ineligible. Winner(s) will be notified by a reply to their post."

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Let's try... (Score:1)

by KinkifyTheNation ( 823618 ) writes:

May 15, 1995?
- Re:Let's try... (Score:2)
  
  by hdparm ( 575302 ) writes:
  
  Since you forgot to claim 1st post, I hope you'll at least get a mug, as a consolation prize.
- I'm gonna go with... (Score:1)
  
  by Plural of Mongoose ( 808754 ) writes:
  
  Just in time!
May 16th.. (Score:2)

by Gopal.V ( 532678 ) writes:

Since this is in June... the internal release must have been in mid May . Anyway, I just picked it because it's my birtday ;)
May 20th, 1995 -nt- (Score:1)

by irc.goatse.cx troll ( 593289 ) writes:
- Re:May 20th, 1995 -nt- (Score:1)
  
  by arjenlentz ( 825692 ) writes:
  
  Congrats!
  The exact date, according to Monty, was May 23rd.
  So you were pretty close.
  
  Please email me (arjen [at] mysql [dot] com) with your name/address details, and I'll make sure you get a mug and other stuff I can find.
  
  Note that as your email is not public on slashdot, it's upto to prove that you are you.
  
  Regards, Arjen.
  Community Relations Manager, MySQL AB
April 25, 1995 (Score:1)

by capaz ( 458747 ) writes:

must have been April 25, 2005.
- Re:April 25, 1995 (Score:1)
  
  by capaz ( 458747 ) writes:
  
  crap! ignore post body... subject line is official entry. :-|
April 1st, 1995 (Score:1)

by mindstormpt ( 728974 ) writes:

Those liars.
ok (Score:3, Informative)

by FidelCatsro ( 861135 ) writes: <fidelcatsro@gmaDALIil.com minus painter> on Tuesday June 28, 2005 @03:52AM (#12929536) Journal

May the 28th 1995 , at 2:37 PM and 13 seconds
Big shout out to Nostrodamus for that one

"There is also a reference to three years and seven months of peace before the war. Breytenbach told the newspaper that he suddenly realized that the Dayton peace accord was signed Nov. 21, 1995 and that adding three years and seven months to that brings us to the end of June 1999. But that Nostradamus passage is open to other interpretations. An alternative is that an alien being (King of Terror) will descend from the sky, destroying and enslaving humankind.""
Which clearly means that Mysql was released on may the 28th accounting for nostrodamus and his eccentricities in adding extra months and 2 days. Clearly the king of terror relates to mysql

- Re:ok (Score:2)
  
  by Gopal.V ( 532678 ) writes:
  
  Wasn't Nostradamus [oreillynet.com]the guy who said 640k should be enough for anyone ? [userfriendly.org]
- Re:ok (Score:1)
  
  by arjenlentz ( 825692 ) writes:
  
  This response is so wacko, I reckon it deserves a prize.
  It is -amazingly- not even very far off.
  The exact date, according to Monty, was May 23rd.
  So, congratulations on that ;-)
  
  Please email me (arjen [at] mysql [dot] com) with your name/address details, and I'll make sure you get a mug!
  
  Note that as your email is not public on slashdot, it's upto to prove that you are you.
  
  Regards, Arjen.
  Community Relations Manager, MySQL AB
June 1st 1995 (Score:2)

by MoonFog ( 586818 ) writes:

Wonder how many others scurried off to Wikipedia .. no luck there though, so I'm just guessing.
- Wikipedia (Score:2)
  
  by dolmen.fr ( 583400 ) writes:
  
  They should offer a mug to the one who will add an History section to the Wikipedia article...
Stab in the dark (Score:2)

by captainclever ( 568610 ) writes:

May 02 1995, 2pm.
- Re:Stab in the dark (Score:2)
  
  by superpulpsicle ( 533373 ) writes:
  
  Lol at 2pm. Mind as well give them the milisecond too.
May 10th, 1995 (Score:2)

by dolmen.fr ( 583400 ) writes:

It was a thursday.

Here is a 1995 calendar for Sweden.

And don't bother to look here [wikipedia.org] or here [mysql.com]: the answer is not yet there.
- Re:May 10th, 1995 (Score:2)
  
  by dolmen.fr ( 583400 ) writes:
  
  Well, in fact it was a wednesday [timeanddate.com].
February 14, 1995 (Score:2)

by wcbarksdale ( 621327 ) writes:

February 14, 1995
May 10th, 1995 (Score:1)

by Radioactive Zorm ( 803479 ) writes:

My vote goes towards May 6th, 1995.
may-ish (Score:2)

by Hadlock ( 143607 ) writes:

i'm gonna go with the ides of may (not march) - may 15, 1995
April 2nd (Score:2)

by hdparm ( 575302 ) writes:

See subject.
My answer is... (Score:2)

by dolmen.fr ( 583400 ) writes:

...written here [timeanddate.com].
Feb 28th '95 (Score:1)

by whatever3003 ( 536979 ) writes:

February 28th 1995 -- my b.day :)

absolutley no research went into the making of this claim.
- - Re:Feb 28th '95 (Score:1)
    
    by whatever3003 ( 536979 ) writes:
    
    bah! > Or checking the accuracy of the spelling ;) eh? ... you're seeing things.
May 18 1995 (Score:2)

by Mr2cents ( 323101 ) writes:

May 18 1995.

Or else some other day.
I choose...... (Score:1)

by bloodredsun ( 826017 ) writes:

28 April 1995...and that's a complete wild-assed guess
April 14, 1995 (Score:1)

by srlunsford ( 697271 ) writes:

We'll shoot for 14 April 1995, but that's probably way off.
March 15th 1995 (Score:1)

by ziekke ( 553197 ) writes:

I'm going to go with Marth 15th 1995
10th of september (Score:2)

by myspys ( 204685 ) writes:

is my wild guess :)
May 2nd (Score:2)

by rritterson ( 588983 ) * writes:

They were aiming for May 1st, but missed it by a day.
I know for certain it was... (Score:4, Funny)

by darkov ( 261309 ) writes: on Tuesday June 28, 2005 @04:49AM (#12929706)

1st Jan 1970.

Did I win?

April 1st, 1995 (Score:1)

by TheViciousOverWind ( 649139 ) writes:

Internally, it must have been april the 1st :D
may 26 (Score:1)

by nkaroly ( 844397 ) writes:

it's my birthday ;)
- Re:may 26 (Score:1)
  
  by arjenlentz ( 825692 ) writes:
  
  Congrats! You were pretty close.
  The exact date, according to Monty, was May 23rd.
  
  Please email me (arjen [at] mysql [dot] com) with your name/address details, and I'll make sure you get a mug and other stuff I can find.
  
  Note that as your email is not public on slashdot, it's upto to prove that you are you.
  
  Regards, Arjen.
  Community Relations Manager, MySQL AB
my guess (Score:1)

by crowke ( 300971 ) writes:

April, 24th 1995
January 27, 1995! (Score:1)

by blargh-dot-com ( 181292 ) writes:

January 27, 1995, found by the magical "dart in a calendar on the wall" method.
May 17th 1995 (nt) (Score:1)

by dyefade ( 735994 ) writes:

If it was really a Thursday... (see post above).
March 1, 1995 (Score:2)

by Craig Maloney ( 1104 ) * writes:

My guess is March 1, 1995.

I'm probably wrong though.

I'm always a bit off on these things.

I'm so depressed.
May 2, 1995 (Score:2)

by Bodero ( 136806 ) writes:

May 2, 1995.
I'm going to guess.... (Score:2)

by Sentry21 ( 8183 ) writes:

The second of May, '95. Why not? It must have been in May, they started with the mugs a while back, and it makes sense to release at the start or end of the month.
June 8th 1995 (Score:1)

by messju ( 32126 ) writes:

Reason #1: It was a thursday
Reason #2: It would be a nice conicidence if it was released the same day as Personal Home Page Tools (PHP Tools) version 1.0. [google.ch] :)
May 9th, 1995 (Score:1)

by weinholt ( 253455 ) writes:

More precisely: 1995-05-09 08:13:20 +0200.
April 12 (Score:2)

by slashflood ( 697891 ) writes:

April 12

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I've got it! (Score:1)

by (A)*(B)!0_- ( 888552 ) writes:

It was: April 2nd, 1995
my guess (Score:2)

by krs-one ( 470715 ) writes:

April 2nd, 1995
May 9, 1995 (Score:2)

by eyeball ( 17206 ) writes:

May 9, 1995.

Good old TCX DataKonsult AB. :)
April 27, 1995 (Score:2)

by Metasquares ( 555685 ) writes:

There's just something about getting the employees to sign the mug in April... and this keeps with it being a Thursday (if that's more than just a rumor) and happens to be very close to the day that this article was posted.
1995 May 3rd, 14:45 (Score:2)

by Jussi K. Kojootti ( 646145 ) writes:

..give or take a couple of minutes
April 1st, 1980. (Score:2)

by sporty ( 27564 ) writes:

After all, we are talking about a DB with lackluster features and poorer performance compared to other databases.
April 2 (Score:2)

by slashflood ( 697891 ) writes:

April 2
May 9, 1995 (Score:1)

by Zaurus ( 674150 ) writes:

May 9, 1995
June 10th, 1995 (Score:1)

by truz24 ( 800762 ) writes:

June 10th, 1995
May 5th 1995 (Score:1)

by McCarron ( 689690 ) writes:

Well it was released on "Cinco De MySQL" of course. 5-5-95... no research, just an arbitary guess.
Feb 14, 1995 (Score:2)

by alexjohns ( 53323 ) writes:

Staying away from the April/May/June herd.
Ten years of MySQL... (Score:2)

by mattgreen ( 701203 ) writes:

And we're just now getting stored procedures! Welcome to ten years ago!
March 5, 1995 (Score:1)

by TotoLeFoobar ( 256317 ) writes:

March 5, 1995

Random date from old documentation. :-)
- Re:March 5, 1995 (Score:1)
  
  by Evangelion ( 2145 ) writes:
  
  May 5, 2005
26 April 1995 (Score:2)

by kbahey ( 102895 ) writes:

Would 26 April 1995 do?
May 4th. (Score:2)

by richie2000 ( 159732 ) writes:

May 4th, 1995. My wild guess is as good as anybody's!
May 9th, 1995 (Score:2)

by Artemis ( 14122 ) writes:

May 9th, 1995
My Best Guess (Score:2)

by Captain Large Face ( 559804 ) writes:

15th of May 1995.
Digging gave me... (Score:1)

by Nos. ( 179609 ) writes:

I'm going to guess Febuary 20th 1995. I saw a date in some old docs of March 5th and figure it predates that.
January 11, 1995 (Score:1)

by D'Sphitz ( 699604 ) writes:

January 11, 1995
April 02 1995 at 8:32:25 PM GMT (Score:1)

by lengau ( 817416 ) writes:

Wishful thinking?
Febuary 13, 1995 (Score:2)

by brunes69 ( 86786 ) writes:

Wild Guess...
May 4 1995 (Score:2)

by Linux_ho ( 205887 ) writes:

Or maybe... no wait...
My guess is (Score:1)

by +Majere+ ( 178506 ) writes:

Feb. 15, because I bet a lonely nerd stayed up all night on Valentine's Day to get it ready.
May 5 (Score:2)

by Evangelion ( 2145 ) writes:

May 5, 1995
January 12th (Score:1)

by thewolfmansays ( 608931 ) writes:

...is my guess. Go MySQL!!
April 18, 1995 (Score:2)

by duggy_92127 ( 165859 ) writes:

I pick April 18, 1995. 11:20am.

Doug
Test (Score:1)

by murat ( 262137 ) writes:

Test.
April 21st (Score:2)

by Quill_28 ( 553921 ) writes:

My guess
It's gotta be (Score:2)

by ClippyHater ( 638515 ) writes:

May 7, 1995... ok, maybe not, but that'd be pretty neat :)
April 15, 1995 12:00 AM (Score:1)

by MrCJC ( 140323 ) writes:

When the build actually built and the poor guy stressing screamed.
My Guess... (Score:2)

by Shadow Wrought ( 586631 ) writes:

March 18, 1995
Why? Dunno. Just typing the date that popped into my noggin;-)
April 4, 1995 (Score:1)

by mufasio ( 304185 ) writes:

Just a guess.
June 18, 1995 (Score:1)

by hanshq.net ( 671857 ) writes:

Why not?
April 11, 1995 (Score:2)

by MacroRex ( 548024 ) writes:

That must be it.
Beware the ides of mysql (Score:2)

by Geoffreyerffoeg ( 729040 ) writes:

March 15, 44 BC...I mean, March 15, 1995.
04-06 (Score:1)

by unDiWahn ( 599102 ) writes:

That'd be April 6th. I wanna mug sooo baad...
Date (Score:2)

by The Madpostal Worker ( 122489 ) * writes:

April 29th, 1995

or so.
April 18, 1995. 8:45pm -nt- (Score:1)

by kryptx ( 894550 ) writes:

-nt-
Sometime in 1994 (Score:2)

by atomic-penguin ( 100835 ) writes:

I am guessing somewhere MySQL was released internally around February 14, 1994.
April 20th, 1995 (Score:2)

by BeBoxer ( 14448 ) writes:

Seems like as good a guess as any. The hive mind seems to think it was in the spring, and that's my birthday. We'll go with 04/20/1995. Or is that 20/04/1995?
January 23rd, 1995 (Score:2)

by Megaslow ( 694447 ) writes:

Just a W.A.G.
April 16th 1995 (Score:2)

by mnmn ( 145599 ) writes:

My birthday!
April 17, 1995 (Score:1)

by pulitz ( 827217 ) writes:

'nuff said.
14.04.1995 (Score:1)

by dot.solipsist ( 895369 ) writes:

I love MySQL and I love my Mother. Therefore, my Mother and MySQL must share a birthday.
- Re:14.04.1995 (Score:2)
  
  by FidelCatsro ( 861135 ) writes:
  
  If your mothers only ten , that must make you the youngest poster on slashdot by a considerable amount. You must be somewhere between 0 and - 30
  - Re:14.04.1995 (Score:1)
    
    by dot.solipsist ( 895369 ) writes:
    
    Something must be amiss: I have only made myself appear to be an Idiot six times today. I'm not sure how I am going to make my 29-times-per-day quota at this rate.
3. June 1994 (Score:1)

by gabejackson ( 895933 ) writes:

Should have been close to 3. June 1994
Typo (Score:1)

by DaracMarjal ( 513394 ) writes:

Yet another typo graces the front page of Slashdot. Of course, what they meant to say was:

"No employees, former employees, their relatives or others, we think, should be ineligible." Hurrah for inclusivity.
April 4th 2005 (Score:1)

by ghostbyte ( 850459 ) writes:

Don't know why but seems like a good day.
- Re:April 4th 2005 (Score:1)
  
  by ghostbyte ( 850459 ) writes:
  
  *1995
End of Quiz - and the answer is... May 23rd 1995 (Score:1)

by arjenlentz ( 825692 ) writes:

Hi everybody,

According to Monty, the correct answer for MySQL Version 1.0 is 23rd May 1995.

Two people got really close, 20th and 26th May, so they will each get an anniversary mug and other stuff.

The person who rambled on about Nostradamus amazingly got close as well (May 28th) and I reckon that in any case such creativity deserves to be rewarded ;-)

Those who assumed that there was any significance in when I first put the mugs online... sorry. The mugs just appeared when Mike Zinner finished the design
- Re:End of Quiz - and the answer is... May 23rd 199 (Score:2)
  
  by FidelCatsro ( 861135 ) writes:
  
  I just had completely no idea , so i did what anybody would do in that situation.
  Google search for Nostradamus and 1995 .
  I forgot to add something about the 3 years after the date and the terror being slashdot hitting servers

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Let's try... (Score:1)

Re:Let's try... (Score:2)

I'm gonna go with... (Score:1)

May 16th.. (Score:2)

May 20th, 1995 -nt- (Score:1)

Re:May 20th, 1995 -nt- (Score:1)

April 25, 1995 (Score:1)

Re:April 25, 1995 (Score:1)

April 1st, 1995 (Score:1)

ok (Score:3, Informative)

Re:ok (Score:2)

Re:ok (Score:1)

June 1st 1995 (Score:2)

Wikipedia (Score:2)

Stab in the dark (Score:2)

Re:Stab in the dark (Score:2)

May 10th, 1995 (Score:2)

Re:May 10th, 1995 (Score:2)

February 14, 1995 (Score:2)

May 10th, 1995 (Score:1)

may-ish (Score:2)

April 2nd (Score:2)

My answer is... (Score:2)

Feb 28th '95 (Score:1)

Re:Feb 28th '95 (Score:1)

May 18 1995 (Score:2)

I choose...... (Score:1)

April 14, 1995 (Score:1)

March 15th 1995 (Score:1)

10th of september (Score:2)

May 2nd (Score:2)

I know for certain it was... (Score:4, Funny)

April 1st, 1995 (Score:1)

may 26 (Score:1)

Re:may 26 (Score:1)

my guess (Score:1)

January 27, 1995! (Score:1)

May 17th 1995 (nt) (Score:1)

March 1, 1995 (Score:2)

May 2, 1995 (Score:2)

I'm going to guess.... (Score:2)

June 8th 1995 (Score:1)

May 9th, 1995 (Score:1)

April 12 (Score:2)

I've got it! (Score:1)

my guess (Score:2)

May 9, 1995 (Score:2)

April 27, 1995 (Score:2)

1995 May 3rd, 14:45 (Score:2)

April 1st, 1980. (Score:2)

April 2 (Score:2)

May 9, 1995 (Score:1)

June 10th, 1995 (Score:1)

May 5th 1995 (Score:1)

Feb 14, 1995 (Score:2)

Ten years of MySQL... (Score:2)

March 5, 1995 (Score:1)

Re:March 5, 1995 (Score:1)

26 April 1995 (Score:2)

May 4th. (Score:2)

May 9th, 1995 (Score:2)

My Best Guess (Score:2)

Digging gave me... (Score:1)

January 11, 1995 (Score:1)

April 02 1995 at 8:32:25 PM GMT (Score:1)

Febuary 13, 1995 (Score:2)

May 4 1995 (Score:2)

My guess is (Score:1)

May 5 (Score:2)

January 12th (Score:1)

April 18, 1995 (Score:2)

Test (Score:1)

April 21st (Score:2)

It's gotta be (Score:2)

April 15, 1995 12:00 AM (Score:1)

My Guess... (Score:2)

April 4, 1995 (Score:1)

June 18, 1995 (Score:1)

April 11, 1995 (Score:2)

Beware the ides of mysql (Score:2)