[San-Diego-pm] Perl & MySQL

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Bob" == Bob Kleemann <rkleeman at energoncube.net> writes:

>> I use Perl & MySQL on my company provided laptop as sort of a day planner.
>> It's just something I developed while working on my BSIT. Recently the IT
>> Nazis at my company detected MySQL running on it, and demanded that I
>> remove it immediately, claiming it was a security threat.

Until we understand more about this claim, replacing a database with
another database might not suffice.  If the problem is one of corporate
control, there may be no rationality involved, and in which case, no
rational solution will overcome the impenetrable bureaucracy.

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