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Oracle tried to buy MySQL
According to CNet, MySQL's Marten Mickos has
confirmed that enterprise database vendor Oracle made a bid for the open source heavy-hitter, but was turned
down. This news comes on the heels of yesterdays' report that Oracle is acquiring Sleepycat
Software, makers of the open source Berkeley DB. No details of Oracle's offer have been disclosed, but Mickos says
MySQL turned down the juggernaut's offer because the company wishes to maintain its independence.[Via Slashdot]

So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
