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| Kazys Varnelis on Thu, 8 Nov 2007 21:33:34 +0100 (CET) |
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| Re: <nettime> Goodbye Classic ? |
> On 07/11/2007, Kazys Varnelis <kazys {AT} audc.org> wrote:
>> Take, for example, PHP/Mysql. [...] The default encoding had been
>> Latin1 [...] Unfortunately the upgrade didn't go as planned.
>
> This is not the fault of PHP or MySQL; it's your ISP's fault for not
> paying attention when upgrading MySQL. Of course it would have been
> easy for them to configure MySQL properly and keep your data in the
> same encoding after the upgrade; they just bother to think about it.
> No software, whether free or proprietary, can protect human beings
> from their own stupidity.
Really, can you please send some links to the information?
I know there are many people working with Open Source CMS's,
Mediawiki, and so on who will be delighted to hear
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