Blog: Pete Loshin: MoSQL: It burns and is less crowded!

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MoSQL: It burns and is less crowded!

I saw a link to something called "MoSQL", and could tell it had something to do with MySQL. I had to check it out.

The linked page is in Japanese--which I don't speak. But Google does, sort of. The translate function returned some amusing translation text, which I think says that MoSQL is a version of MySQL that runs with the character code defaulting to UTF-8 for high-speed full-text retrievals on Japanese text. And MoSQL error messages are mostly in Japanese.

Reading between the lines and tilting my head a bit, I interpret the Google translation to tell me that MySQL doesn't do as good a job as might be preferred at handling Japanese text. For example, the implication is that some data can be lost when using plain MySQL, and Japanese text retrieval may be slower than it should be.

Which shows that open source is a force for good in a lot of ways: it provides a way for IT people around the world who don't speak English to get their jobs done without having to learn English, for one thing. And it shows that if a software provider doesn't respond to user needs, someone else can take up the challenge.

It wouldn't surprise me if the MoSQL news (whatever it actually is) prompted MySQL AB to make some moves to provide better support for its international customers.

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