Re: NASA switches from Oracle to MySQL

Methinks you do protest too much. The data at a job site may not be conventional mission critical data in the same way as a SAP implementation or a Telecoms Billing system. It's pretty damn critical to the business of that Job Agency though. If it dies their entire business dies. I guess the same would be true of Yahoo finance, but I'm not familiar with that site.

Of course I guess the test of the decision is if computerstaff is still going on the same platform in 5 years, but yes ISTM they are using mySQL for mission critical computing. You can probably guess what i think about the wisdom of that particular decision though :-)

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"David Fitzjarrell" <oratune_at_aol.com> wrote in message
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> In our last gripping episode joeb_at_jagas.demon.co.uk wrote:

> > mySQL powers a lot of sites with gigabytes of data for example:

> >

> > http://www.computerstaff.net the UK's second largest IT jobsite with

> > several gigabytes of

> > data of CV's and job listings is powered by mySQL. So is yahoo

 finance.


> > Surely this database

> > is robust and stable and capable. What are your arguments to that.

> >

> > JoeB 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

> >

> >

>

> Provide a list of financial institutions, telecommunications providers

> or commercial aircraft maintenance facilities that utilize MySQL and

> we'll talk.

>

> The companies listed, and the data stored, is not critical data.

> Provide solid examples of mission-critical applications and data and

> maybe your rantings and ravings won't fall upon deaf ears.  Remember

> the tale of the boy who cried 'Wolf!'...

>

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