Re: Oracle vs. MS SQL Server

From: michael newport <michaelnewport_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 16 Jan 2004 10:46:43 -0800
Message-ID: <63b202d.0401161046.29c3e984@posting.google.com>

MySql exists in the market place and has many customers, other Opensource products :- Apache, PHP, Linux, OpenOffice

I have been using Suse Linux 8.2 for over a year it cost me GBP40. I have downloaded the latest version (Suse 9.0) for free, from which I am sending this posting.

The interesting thing is I am now using Oracle (after 13 years of Ingres) and using MySql at home. I agree that MySql is not as feature rich as Oracle but
it still does its job as a database, and with version 5 just released (for free) it promises even more.

You are correct free lunches do not exist these days, which why companies are cutting costs in their IT departments 1) by moving jobs to India and 2) by using OpenSource products.

Regards
Michael Newport Received on Fri Jan 16 2004 - 12:46:43 CST