From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Thu Jun 24 09:55:21 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i5OEsso11444 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:55:04 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i5OEsY611366 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:54:54 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 2760E72C02F; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:37:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05503-33; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:37:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 7FB3B72CDB5; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:37:55 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:36:28 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 8BE5172CB00 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:36:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 04018-77 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:36:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from sxexfilter1.qg.com (SXEXFILTER1.qg.com [206.158.124.7]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 3ACB472CAB9 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:36:27 -0500 (EST) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.6944.0 Subject: RE: Grid skepticism Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:57:34 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Grid skepticism Thread-Index: AcRZ7Ela2zEWh/ffQQCDMr0UpzxkTgADuSMw From: "Jesse, Rich" To: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org X-archive-position: 3557 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: Rich.Jesse@quadtechworld.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org MySQL *can* be a competitor for Oracle, but it needs to mature a LOT = before it becomes -ready. That being said, my = e-mail from home runs off of MySQL. :) I still think PostreSQL is out in front of MySQL for features at least. = I really need to install that one of these days... Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator rjesse@qtiworld.com Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:07 AM Subject: Re: Grid skepticism I misunderstood Nuno's post. Yes, you are right, MySQL has nothing like = clustering. As for competing with oracle, it doesn't necessarily have to be on = technical merits, it can compete on the price. If you don't need RAC (I believe it = was Cary who wrote an article with the title like "What is RAC and why you = probably=20 don't need it", but I haven't finished my 2nd cup of coffee yet), then = MySQL is a formidable competitor. --=20 Mladen Gogala ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------