[ANN] FrontBase database drivers for Revolution

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

And MySQL seems like a *toy* compared to PostgreSQL, which is 
completely open source and free.  MySQL is only free for noncommercial 
use.  You can pay for a PostgreSQL support contract if you want one 
though, through any of several companies (a list is at 
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php).  Some of those companies 
also provide contract development for PostgreSQL (or do so instead).


On Oct 25, 2004, at 11:00 AM, Jan Schenkel wrote:

> --- Bill <bill at bluewatermaritime.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for letting us know. I went to your website
>> and saw that it costs
>> $999 for a frontbase license. Do you have some place
>> on the website
>> comparing frontbase to MySql so that I could see
>> why?
>>
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Though I haven't used FrontBase yet (I sure hope to
> find the time soon to see what it can do) I'm afraid
> there's a noticable difference between MySQL and other
> commercial databases (yes, MySQL is _not_ free ; read
> the license terms).
> MySQL may be fast, but takes significant shortcuts,
> such as not supporting full SQL-92, ignoring
> constraints, lacking support for triggers and stored
> procedures.
> While you can develop a lot of projects just fine in
> MySQL, you had better taken a close look at
> alternatives that cost money (or in the case of
> PostgreSQL, a free alternative).
> This 'upper' class of RDBMS's are ACID compliant,
> delivering support for transactions, sporting database
> recovery mechanisms, replication, _full_ support for
> SQL-92, etc.
> For mission-critical applications, I'll go with a
> commercial database.
>
> Jan Schenkel.
>
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