RE: Anyone with experience with MMOG and databases?

oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org gravou em 2005-08-12 16:02:01:

> >portability does *not* matter -- portability is a wet dream.

> Actually, when you start small and outgrow it, portability matters a
lot.

        Nice example.

        Perhaps a little bit of perspective would help.

        Oracle is *very* expensive in Brazil. One can start a small business on PostgreSQL (or InterBase or...) and later port to IBM DB2, but porting to Oracle would be far more difficult.

        But the worse situation is the reverse. One starts paying Oracle, and then needs to downsize. Market adjustments, new competitors whatever -- for example, your now competitors aren't locals but Indians, Philipins, Brazilians or whatever. You look to where you could cut some costs. With Oracle, nearly impossible. With DB2, you have quite some options.

        Granted it is not quite so simple, but as a general idea it's more or less like that.

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