Re: NASA switches from Oracle to MySQL

In article <3A54C4E8.483D2CB5_at_jagas.demon.co.uk>,   joeb_at_jagas.demon.co.uk wrote:
> NASA switches from Oracle to MySQL.
>
> Software shift at NASA may herald similar switch by other government
> agencies.
> Are the days of number of ORACLE numbered?
> Plus, Oracle extends $1 million challenge to BEA users, but not Open
> Source Databases?
> Why?
>
> Read full story on http://www.computercontractor.net
>
>

It depends on what type of application that's being converted. BTW, no wonder I always have bad luck with gov websites:)

My son has recently converted his appetite to Happy Meal, but that doesn't mean his dad will do the same. Besides, I won't be surprised if one day he converts back again to real taste, or Happy Meal becomes real meal.

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Jining Han
Sallie Mae


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