Mysql install help

[Billy Verreynne (JW)]

Jeremiah Foster wrote:


> Rubbish. MySQL is the leading open source database
> for a reason. It is fast and rock solid.

Not too mention that it does not scale (mySQL clusters are a joke),
does not provide proper read consistency and multi version
concurrency, etc. etc.

>> If you need a -proper- database that is not only free, but is part
of
>> the leading technical database product suite on this planet, get
>> Oracle XE.
>
>More rubbish. Is that database GPL'd?

No. GPL is not the be-all and end-all.

> Can Oracle change it any time it wants?

Point being?

> Does it use the InnoDB - which is the same engine as MySQL which
> Oracle bought?

Thank heavens not!

> I'd rather not think about Access at all.

Missing the point. What makes Access so popular? Ease of use. Ease
with which applications can created. Etc.

>> And Oracle XE works out-of-the-rpm on Ubuntu. And is -totally-
free.
>
> Don't use proprietary software. Ever.

Why? There is not a -single- sound and solid business or technical
reason to backup that statement.

--
Billy

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