RE: Oracle vs Mysql

From: Grant Allen <Grant.Allen_at_towersoft.com.au>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:34:30 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005DCCAE.20040114153430@fatcity.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of
> Ryan
> Sent: Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:05
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: Oracle vs Mysql
>
>
> i thought postgre was a for profit company? how do they
> generate revenues?

Don't confuse the PostgreSQL dev team with PostgreSQL Inc. The latter makes some commercially licenced add-ons for PostgreSQL, but the db itself is released under the Berkeley licence. Completely free for commercial use. Unlike MySQL, where you need to licence the server, AND licence the connectivity for commercial use.

Ciao
Fuzzy
:-)

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