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This is an article discussion thread for discussing the SitePoint article, "Interview - Zack Urlocker of MySQL"

Olate · Nov 25, 2004, 15:37

Glad people like it

mark_W · Nov 25, 2004, 15:48

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Originally Posted by Olate

Glad people like it

Yep, I loved it!

reminder · Nov 25, 2004, 15:56

i dont agree with that that a kid (i dont suspect into his intelligence) can develop a web!!!
im strictly behind that thought couse he is too young for certain things!!!
this can easly be a bad marketing!!!

Olate · Nov 26, 2004, 00:44

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Originally Posted by reminder

i dont agree with that that a kid (i dont suspect into his intelligence) can develop a web!!!
im strictly behind that thought couse he is too young for certain things!!!
this can easly be a bad marketing!!!

Well obviously you are wrong. As you can see, I've written serveral Sitepoint articles and am successfully running www.olate.com and www.olate.co.uk - just because I'm 17 doesn't mean that it can't happen.

reminder · Nov 26, 2004, 02:18

like i said...
this is bad marketing!

firepages · Nov 25, 2004, 18:05

and the missing question was ...

Q::how do MySQL in general feel about the orignal refusal (or silence) to grant PHP an excemption from the new license model ? , do they they think that MySQL usage will suffer because of it ? or did they assume that because MySQL usage is widespread (especially on shared hosting) that the subsequent unbundling will make little or no difference ?

minck · Nov 26, 2004, 03:49

David, reminder surely has the right to his own opinion, but I'd say don't mind the trolls

Congrats on the good interview, and on sitepoint's insight that you're a worthy contributor.

Olate · Nov 26, 2004, 03:50

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Originally Posted by minck

David, reminder surely has the right to his own opinion, but I'd say don't mind the trolls

Of course, I'm just interested to know how the article was bad marketing

lo0ol · Nov 28, 2004, 03:04

Aha, I should have RTFA beforehand. On closer inspection I find this article to be an interview, with the bulk majority of the text written by the interviewee. How is this "a bad marketing"?

reminder · Nov 28, 2004, 03:05

loool u havent understand about what we r talking!

lo0ol · Nov 28, 2004, 03:07

Tell me something I don't know.

lo0ol · Nov 28, 2004, 03:22

And what does SitePoint want to convince us? To buy their free articles? Besides which, it's an interview... it's not like he played a major role in it anyway.

reminder · Nov 28, 2004, 03:24

sitepoint want be an avantgarde web developing site an it want have young genious on the stage....
i understand this but like i said before this may result a bad marketing!
cheers

Igloo · Nov 28, 2004, 05:06

I think some people are jealous that a 17 year old has achieved so much.

Alcar...

asp_funda · Nov 28, 2004, 11:33

Rightly said M. And I envy David as he has reached a stage at 17 of which I knew nothing when I was 17.

Still, I've covered up quite fast.

Jeremy W. · Nov 28, 2004, 20:21

I started writing when I was 3. I plateau'd when I was 4.

platinum · Nov 28, 2004, 23:35

I don't see how age has much to do with it, would you have known he was 17 if it hadn't been posted right next to the article? doubt it.

Even some of the more advanced articles on sitepoint have been written by younger people, quinn wrote this article when he was 13, it gives a pretty good indication of how advanced some people can be are at an early age.

Olate · Nov 29, 2004, 00:45

I think it is a shame that some people are automatically prejudiced because of age or level of qualification. Sure, qualifications have a great deal of importance in many situations but not always. Some of the best and most well known people in the world started off young and even now don't have any 'college degree' qualifications.

I can't understand how my writing of an article would result in any bad marketing based on my age. Especially because this is an interview and I just wrote the questions - the majority of the content is provided by Zack from MySQL!

Thanks everyone for your support though. As Georgina said:

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Originally Posted by georgina

SitePoint judges all submissions on the basis of their content, not their authors. We do not restrict publication to certain groups of the population. We simply assess the content, quality, and message of each submission as it comes in, and we publish only content that we feel fits with our standards and our readership.

If the article wasn't up to the standard expected, then it wouldn't have been published.

Anyway, let's get back on topic and discuss the article rather than my age:

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Originally Posted by georgina

Further posts to this thread should relate directly to the content of the article titled Interview - Zack Urlocker of MySQL.

reminder · Nov 29, 2004, 14:28

nice lobby

Son Nguyen · Jun 4, 2005, 18:27

Clearly-stated questions and answers. Go MySQL go!

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Nov 25, 2004, 15:37	#2
Olate SitePoint Addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: UK Posts: 289	Glad people like it

Nov 25, 2004, 15:56	#4
reminder SitePoint Wizard Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,647	i dont agree with that that a kid (i dont suspect into his intelligence) can develop a web!!! im strictly behind that thought couse he is too young for certain things!!! this can easly be a bad marketing!!!

Nov 26, 2004, 02:18	#6
reminder SitePoint Wizard Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,647	like i said... this is bad marketing!

Nov 25, 2004, 18:05	#7
firepages sitepoint wombat Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Perth Australia Posts: 1,722	and the missing question was ... Q::how do MySQL in general feel about the orignal refusal (or silence) to grant PHP an excemption from the new license model ? , do they they think that MySQL usage will suffer because of it ? or did they assume that because MySQL usage is widespread (especially on shared hosting) that the subsequent unbundling will make little or no difference ?

Nov 26, 2004, 03:49	#8
minck SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Leuven, Belgium Posts: 78	David, reminder surely has the right to his own opinion, but I'd say don't mind the trolls Congrats on the good interview, and on sitepoint's insight that you're a worthy contributor.

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lo0ol l º 0 º l Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Palo Alto Posts: 5,536	Aha, I should have RTFA beforehand. On closer inspection I find this article to be an interview, with the bulk majority of the text written by the interviewee. How is this "a bad marketing"?

Nov 28, 2004, 03:05	#11
reminder SitePoint Wizard Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,647	loool u havent understand about what we r talking!

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lo0ol l º 0 º l Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Palo Alto Posts: 5,536	Tell me something I don't know.

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lo0ol l º 0 º l Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Palo Alto Posts: 5,536	And what does SitePoint want to convince us? To buy their free articles? Besides which, it's an interview... it's not like he played a major role in it anyway.

Nov 28, 2004, 03:24	#14
reminder SitePoint Wizard Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,647	sitepoint want be an avantgarde web developing site an it want have young genious on the stage.... i understand this but like i said before this may result a bad marketing! cheers

Nov 28, 2004, 05:06	#15
Igloo SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 61	I think some people are jealous that a 17 year old has achieved so much. Alcar...

Nov 28, 2004, 11:33	#16
asp_funda SitePoint Wizard Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 4,596	Rightly said M. And I envy David as he has reached a stage at 17 of which I knew nothing when I was 17. Still, I've covered up quite fast.

Nov 28, 2004, 20:21	#17
Jeremy W. 32,817 Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 10,496	I started writing when I was 3. I plateau'd when I was 4.

Nov 28, 2004, 23:35	#18
platinum + Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 7,124	I don't see how age has much to do with it, would you have known he was 17 if it hadn't been posted right next to the article? doubt it. Even some of the more advanced articles on sitepoint have been written by younger people, quinn wrote this article when he was 13, it gives a pretty good indication of how advanced some people can be are at an early age.

Nov 29, 2004, 14:28	#20
reminder SitePoint Wizard Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,647	nice lobby

Jun 4, 2005, 18:27	#21
Son Nguyen AdSpeed.com Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 2,256	Clearly-stated questions and answers. Go MySQL go!