Revolution, MySQL vs FileMaker

[Lynn Fredricks]

> Note that the license is usually negotiated with the 
> customer, so it may end up being one, two, or all of the 
> above, depending. MySQL AB, although they are (as I think 
> Lynn put it) "profiting on the confusion of the licensing 
> arrangements", they are also quite flexible in their 
> licensing and are willing to adjust things based on the 
> specific parameters of the application being distributed. (At 
> least, that's how they have been to me.)

That's true - but they cleverly put you into a situation where you have to
come to them. Dang, why didn't I think of that first?;-)

> As always, it's a "right tool for the right job" kind of 
> argument. There are many situations where 
> Valentina/PostgreSQL/mySQL/SQLLite/(fill in your favorite DB) 
> doesn't fit the bill.
> 
> Just my 2 cents from personal experience,

The market is packed full of dbs so developers have lots of choices.
Valentina thrives because it has a unique underlying technology - so choose
it if you fall in love with its unique features. The downside is that we
don't wave the GPL flag. In a general sense though, I strongly urge anyone
who has to make a choice to think about where your product/company is going
to be down the road. If you ported to Revolution from another environment,
you know that can be painful. Moving your customers to a new db back end
also comes with its own special brand of pain.

Best regards,

Lynn Fredricks
President
Paradigma Software, Inc

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