Re: Another one bites the dust: Oracle buys Sleepycat Database

kwr2k wrote:
> That's why its important for all of us (despite our professional
> allegiance to Oracle) to support databases such as MySQL and
> PostgreSQL. They may not be 'anywhere near Oracle' yet but its
> important to keep them going ... with all its supposed support for
> open-source, Oracle is not the most benevolent of companies.

Supporting one product versus, or in addition to, another for political purposes: To what end?

Software is a tool. Choose the best tool for the job. If that tool is Oracle then use it. If that tool is Pick then use it. If that tool is MySQL then use it. But to advocate using a tool just to make a political statement strikes me as a disservice to an employer.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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