RE: RE: Oracle vs DB2

I agree, MySQL is a good way to start out. That's what we did here. It's fast and free. Our product runs with MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle. The MySQL version allows us to sell to companies that want to use our product but could never afford an Oracle license.

But, when it comes to larger companies (such as Toyota, Motorola, Swissair, etc.) that generate a lot of customer traffic with our product MySQL just doesn't scale well. Data corruption is a constant problem, and that's where Oracle comes in. It's stable, reliable, and the large companies that need the reliability can actually afford the licensing. :>)

We also use Postgres here for some internal applications and it works very well.

--Walt Weaver
  Bozeman, Montana, USA

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Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 8:50 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

true, but when cost is the decisive factor w/ a startup, go with the one of the freebies. if the company was too cheap to buy the right product, time to find a company w/ deeper pockets. now w/ ibm buying informix, merging w/ db2, they will have a new product called db4mix :). the free db's are fun to play with but their skills don't pay the bills.

>>> <dgoulet_at_vicr.com> 04/25/01 08:36AM >>>
So isn't PostGres, but neither is a close competitor.

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Author: "Gene Sais" <Gsais_at_co.palm-beach.fl.us>
Date:       4/24/2001 1:28 PM

hmmm, mysql is free, best price of all.

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