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MySQL site down? Can't get MySQL Docs? Technocation has a mirror!

Posted January 28th, 2010 by sheeri

If the MySQL site (including documentation) isn't working for you, try a mirror site.

"But," you ask, "how do I know what the mirror sites are if I can't access the site?"

Great question! Technocation has a mirror site (updated daily) at http://technocation.org/mirror/mysql/.

Also, we have purchased www.mysqlmirrors.com which points to the official list of mirrors at http://technocation.org/mirror/mysql/downloads/mirrors.html. Note that this page is hosted at Technocation, and is part of Technocation's mirror of MySQL -- so a mysql.com outage does not affect mysqlmirrors.com. (And I have contacted MySQL representatives to make sure they're aware, and if there are any legal/trademark issues they know I am happy to work with them to solve any such issues.)

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Just a heads up: MySQL is a

On January 28th, 2010 Nils (not verified) says:

Just a heads up: MySQL is a trademark of Sun Microsystems and they might not be happy with you using it. Also you might not even allowed to mirror the Docs because they are not under a free license...

The docs are working in the

On January 28th, 2010 Anonymous (not verified) says:

The docs are working in the dev.mysql.com location as they always have.

Nils, As per

On August 6th, 2010 sheeri says:

Nils,

As per http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/how-to-mirror.html anyone is allowed to mirror MySQL, including the documentation. They even show you how to do it, officially. Thank you for your concern but in fact this is not an issue.

-Sheeri

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