Re: Ooh, scary!
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 14:29:01 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <pan.2012.05.31.14.29.01_at_gmail.com>
On Wed, 30 May 2012 14:48:48 -0700, joel garry wrote:
> Props to Tim Gorman for the SCTV reference:
>
> http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/30/heres-johnny-skysql-raises-
another-2-5m-to-give-oracle-nightmares/
>
> http://planet.mysql.com/entry/?id=33409
>
> jg
Open Source databases don't have the capabilities or the support options
necessary to become a serious alternative to Oracle. I once looked at
Postgres but it turned out that it's probably the worst of the possible
alternatives.
If someone wants to replace Oracle, commercial databases are the only
game in town. DB2 for Linux is more than two times cheaper than Oracle,
but IBM wasn't very serious about selling it and supporting it in the
past. The latest version, available for a month or so is DB2 v10 and
there are some mixed signals. On one hand, there is quite a number of
books available and it is available for free for the home use but, on the
other hand, it is almost impossible to locate a price list on the IBM
site. If IBM gets serious about mass selling DB2 on Linux, it would be
the nightmare that Oracle should be very afraid of. MySQL is very far
technologically from commercial databases like Oracle or DB2, and so is
the rest of the open source database pack.
-- http://mgogala.byethost5.comReceived on Thu May 31 2012 - 09:29:01 CDT