My 2c: Yes, MySQL is not entirely free, it's dual licensed, GPL and commercial, so not always "business-friendly" in my mind, especially if money is tight. You either pay for the commercial version (which costs a lot), or GPL your code.
However, PostgreSQL has a much friendlier license, it's licensed under the BSD license, which means you can also use it with a commercial product, without having to GPL your product. PostgreSQL is a very nice database, with a very rich feature set. I'm not all that familiar with Firebird myself, so I am not sure how it is licensed. On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 10:57 +1200, Sean Cross wrote: > I'm not Berend but here is my 2.5c anyway. > > MySql is not free except in very limited situations. If you are using it for > a desktop app, you will need to purchase a license unless the app is gpl'ed. > > MS Sql Express is very good if you can live within the limitations. It is > robust and can handle quite large numbers of users. You can download free > tools from Microsoft that are mostly acceptable. > > I haven't played much with Firebird yet. My main beef was case sensitivity > so I ended up using a Brazilian collations. The ability to use an embedded > database enginge and later swat to c/s could be useful. I must look at it > again someday. > > > > Regards > > Sean Cross > IT Systems Development Manager > > Catalyst Risk Management > PO Box 230 > 50 Dalton St > Napier 4140 > DDI: 06-8340362 > mobile: 021 270 3466 > Visit us at http://www.catalystrisk.co.nz/ > > Offices in Auckland, Napier, Wellington & Christchurch > > Disclaimer: > "The information contained in this document is confidential to the > addressee(s) and may be legally privileged. Any view or opinions expressed > are those of the author and may not be those of Catalyst Risk Management. No > guarantee or representation is made that this communication is free of > errors, viruses or interference. If you have received this e-mail message in > error please delete it and notify me. Thank you." > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neven MacEwan > > Sent: Friday, 23 March 2007 10:14 a.m. > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > > Subject: Re: [DUG] SQL 2005 express > > > > Berend > > > > How do you rate the following "free" databases > > > > MS SQL Express > > MySQL > > PostgreSQL > > Firebird > > > > Neven > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > >>>>>> "Neven" == Neven MacEwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>>>>> > > > > > > >> Quite true, InterBase/FireBird aren't playing in the same > > > >> league as SQL Server. > > > > > > Neven> Are you trying to wind Richard up?! I thought that was my > > > Neven> domain? > > > > > > Richard will agree. If you want to store 1 billion rows and have > > > hundreds of tables and complex joins, you do not want to employ > > > InterBase. > > > > > > I've successfully used InterBase on projects that stored 100,000s of > > > rows without issues. But it simply isn't targeting a certain segment > > > of the market. Which is perfectly fine. > > > > > > - -- > > > All the best, > > > > > > Berend de Boer > > > > > > > > > PS: This email has been digitally signed if you wonder what the > > strange > > > characters are that your outdated email client displays. > > > PGP public key: http://www.pobox.com/~berend/berend-public-key.txt > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 > > <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> > > > > > > iD8DBQFGAihqIyuuaiRyjTYRAgVnAJ4jjGF2+hGcbsaTKxV32S25H0uAkQCfWfgY > > > N1ShNpJDYyYigx294mqJ+/Q= > > > =reyO > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Delphi mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Delphi mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
