From DGoulet@vicr.com Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:18:42 -0700 From: "Goulet, Dick" Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:18:42 -0700 Subject: RE: MySQL in the future? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Richard, I believe someone else here put the magic phrase on the subject. Support. MySql has a commercial company that you can buy support from, namely MySQL. PostGreSql use to have a vendor who would sell you a support contract, Great Bridge Software. Don't know what happen to them. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 12:04 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Glad to see another PostGresql like here. I always wonder why is MySql bigger than PostGreSql when it was inferior. My guess is that it was widely used as Web logging, site logging as an alternative to file based logging where people don't care much about transaction 'n such. Richard Ji -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:50 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Jesse, In the Open Source world I'm becoming a PostGreSql bigot. While there are a lot of folks out there using MySql I believe they acquired an inferior product. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 6:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I haven't really used either in-depth, but the features of PostrgeSQL http://advocacy.postgresql.org/advantages/ seem to be a lot closer to "Enterprise" than MySQL 4.x, IMHO. Then again, I'm an Oracle bigot -- for now. :) Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 2:10 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: MySQL in the future? > > > WILL OPEN-SOURCE THREATEN ORACLE, IBM AND MS? | Internet News > How big of a threat are open-source databases to software giants like > Oracle, who hold most of the market and revenue share today? MySQL > could be the biggest challenger to Oracle, and even Microsoft and IBM > in the database market. MySQL is making inroads as a database > alternative for small businesses or departmentally inside larger > enterprises. Ultimately, the groundswell of support for MySQL could > propel it on a Linux-like course to stardom as companies look to > reduce TCO for databases. > > For the full details, click: > http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/2221901 > > Interesting article.... Is this the wave of the future for the small > consultant?? > > If the CEO is smart he will start a certification program and release > upgrades every 18 months. It keeps the revenue comming it. > Ron -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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