Re: NASA switches from Oracle to MySQL

From: Greg Kainz <gregkainz_at_home.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 04:41:10 GMT
Message-ID: <Gfc56.124299$x6.57011534@news2.rdc2.tx.home.com>

IMHO, NASA, like many government and contracting agencies, pride themselves at least one application deployed on nearly every software package ever produced. I don't see a mass conversion conspiracy under way here...
ex-oracle employee

"JoeB" <joeb_at_jagas.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:3A54C4E8.483D2CB5_at_jagas.demon.co.uk...
> 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
>
>
Received on Thu Jan 04 2001 - 22:41:10 CST