Be Cautious About MySQL Licensing (was Re: Database suggestions?)

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Ruslan Zasukhin <sunshine at public.kherson.ua>
wrote:
> On 5/15/05 10:41 AM, "Stephen Barncard"
> <stephenREVOLUTION at barncard.com>
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Stephen, 
> 
> > AGAIN, gentlemen, I say, why bother with running
> (and worrying about)
> > your own server and licensing when there are good
> ISP's out there
> > that INCLUDE MYSQL along with one's account, like
> PHP, python, perl,
> > shell, etc.
> 
> Because we talk here about Application Developers,
> Which develop Applications such as Games,
> Accounting, Emailers, ..
> And distribute them on CD/DVD to thousands of users.
> 

Not to mention the fact that if you're writing
business applications, most businesses will want to
store their sensitive data on their own server,
preferably on a segment of the network that is heavily
ptotected from the evil internet.

MySQL may be a fine choice for internet-applications,
but when you need high-end features such as views,
triggers and stored procedures in a database that
offers before-imaging and after-imaging to resurrect
your database in a logically consistent way if you
lose power in the middle of a huge transaction, then
MySQL just won't cut it.

Don't get me wrong, I've used it before, to experiment
with, as well as for quick in-house solutions (because
it's darn convenient to use) -- and I know that
they're working on adding those high-end features. But
MySQL is not the alpha and omega of databases.

All in all, it's jsut a matter of picking the right
database for the job at hand: if you need a quick
embedded single-user database that does Mac + Win +
Linux, then altSQLite is your best pick.

If you like the object-relational features of
Valentina and only need Mac + Win, then grab it --
it's a great database and also comes in a server
version.

And by all means, don't be shy about getting Oracle
for your project if you are building a solution that
needs to support a huge load of users and figure out
rhe load-balancing nd all that fun.

Personally, I like PostgreSQL because it offers the
high-end features that I seek, and is TRUELY free.

My two eurocents,

Jan Schenkel.

Quartam - Tools for Revolution
<http://www.quartam.com>

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