If you download the MyODBC files from mysql.com, the INSTALL-BINARY instructions do not work.

I spent 2 hours trying to follow the instructions provided in the article, but the references to outside sources had changed or did not work as described in the article.

I recommend that no one follow this article's advice, and instead hammer on MySQL AB's door to create a simple MacOS X install for MyODBC. They made one for Windoze, why not Mac?