re: MySQL vs. Oracle database

> http://www.sapdb.org for the google-impaired...
>
> Looks like cool stuff. Thanks, Emery.
>
> Scott Shafer
> San Antonio, TX
> 210-581-6217
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon, Emery {PDBI~Palo Alto} [SMTP:EMERY.GORDON_at_roche.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:22 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: MySQL vs. Oracle database
>
> There is a new alternative. SAPDB is open source but supported by
> SAP. Whan
> used outside of SAP applications it is free but charged when used
> inside of
> SAP. The support is from a major software company and the features
> are much
> closer to the Oracle feature set.
>
> Emery Gordon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:32 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>
>
> -- "Weaver, Walt" <wweaver_at_rightnow.com>
>
> > I don't think you're wrong. MySQL gets dissed frequently on this
> list, but
> > it's really a nice little product. IMHO it's much closer to Oracle
> than
> > Access.
> >
> > It works well for us. Doesn't scale like Oracle, but works well.
>
> In some ways it scales better than Oracle. For load+query
> (a.k.a., "warehouse") operations it can be faster than
> Oracle because it doesn't get tangled up with rollbacks,
> etc. On systms with many "instances" it also can be much
> simpler to administer.
>
> --
> Steven Lembark 2930 W. Palmer
> Workhorse Computing Chicago, IL 60647
> +1 800 762 1582
>

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