Re: Sun buys out MySQL

Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> Lothar Kimmeringer wrote:
>> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> What really constitutes "linking" in Java is not very well defined,
>>> but Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver") can definitely be argued
>>> to be linking.


[...]

> If the Java byte code can work with any database providing
> a JDBC version X compliant JDBC driver, then it should not be
> considered linking.

I think, these two statements are the opposite of each other
but it shows the different views.


Regards, Lothar
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