Re: Database or store to handle 30 Mb/sec and 40,000 inserts/sec

Double Echo wrote:

> I remain a student of all the big 3 database companies.. As Oracle
> gobbles up one product after another, it will be interesting to see
> how things shape up, keeping my eye on Zend, it is troubling if they
> succumb, but who knows, everything evolves, sometimes for the better,
> sometimes for the worse.

These are tools: Nothing more. I care as much about Oracle buying up software companies as I care whether about the brand name on the shovel I use in the garden. I choose the one that gets the job done best.

If I was a professional gardner I'd care about which shovel made me most productive so I could earn the most money for my family. With databases I look at which product will help me pay the mortage. Right now the answer is Oracle. Seems likely it will remain that way for the rest of my career.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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