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Sarah Tanembaum wrote:
>>The Standard Edition {ONE] has most, if not all, of the features that >>typical PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS Access and SQL Server shops are looking for. >>(This is NOT a challenge for a feature battle - just a stanement of what >>the developers think they want, in my experience.)
If I understand your point I disagree. A database that is not secure and recoverable is a bad investment for any company.
>>There are dozens of reasons why MySQL and PostgreSQL have a smaller >>footprint. As of yet, the commercial products still have an edge in >>reliability, scalability, and other capabilities.
Take either PostgreSQL or MySQL. Back it up. Then go in with a byte editor and corrupt a data file. After you have recovered your database to the point that you didn't lose a single transaction you may be better able to answer your own question.
Well actually you won't be able to but I expect you'll figure that out.
> But the beauty of opensource, it will not cost you anything to acquire an
> additional
> software.
I am a supporter of Open Source. But the fact that something IS/IS NOT open source is not a Boolean. There is far more complexity to the decision making process.
On example is Apache! It is one of the best, perhaps the best Web
> Apps
> Server around. It has many hooks too many things in which many commercial
> web server does not have. Apache becoming the pioner in many areas where
> other
> commercial tend to follow.
So because Apache is good therefore you feel free jumping to conclusions about other open source software?
> I think there are 2 camp of design method you mention above: modular and
> all-in-one.
> As most big software house, they tend to be so bloated and a bit rigid,
> where the open
> source tend to be modular, not by design, but by its nature where it is very
> collaborative development.
You are drawing global conclusions from local data.
-- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)Received on Sat May 22 2004 - 14:20:15 CDT
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