On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 14:04:02 +0300, Richard K Ssekibuule wrote > > It (MYSQL) continues to be the RDBMS of choice for some of the big boys: Yahoo!, > > Google, Cisco, Sabre Holdings, HP and NASA.
++ Actually the above is true , i know for a fact yahoo runs a mysql db Jeremy Zawodny's site can tell you more on what he does for yahoo e.t.c http://jeremy.zawodny.com/ > I highly doubt this report! If you have worked on database systems, > there is no way you can risk mission critical systems with the > 'young' architecture of mysql. Let us not mislead people with such > articles. ++ I also dont dispute the fact the the rest of the mentioned companies also use mysql, the thing is you "cannot" say that mysql doesnt work or doesnt scale it depends on the nature of the problem and how you approach it. If you go on mysql site you will also see some of the accolades mysql has got over time. ++ Lastly i dont really think the article is misleading or else it would not be posted. Correct me if i am wrong - Z > > Richard. > > Kyohere Luke writes: > > > Interesting tho, that despite the latest features and emerging benchmarks, > > mysql is still the most popular RDBMS used world-wide, with <QUOTE>more > > than five million active installations worldwide</QUOTE> > > > > It continues to be the RDBMS of choice for some of the big boys: Yahoo!, > > Google, Cisco, Sabre Holdings, HP and NASA. > > > > Seems that the average developer is not after features as much as he is > > after raw speed and ease of getting the application up and running. > > Most Popular Database? > > http://forums.devshed.com/t42653/s.html?highlight=treeview > > http://forums.devshed.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35171 > > > > Also, php's popularity, as well as Apache's, has boosted mysql's with such > > acronyms as LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP). > > > > However, Postgresql may benefit from mysql's latest licensing changes, i.e > > its changes some of its libraries from LGPL to the more restrictive > > GPL...which is causing heads to turn in the opensource world, especially > > with PHP developers, according to Internet News: > > http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3358061 > > > > Luke. > > > >> Paul Bagyenda wrote: > >> > >>> http://developer.postgresql.org/beta-history.txt > >>> > >>> The beast keeps growing. While this is just a beta at this stage, > >>> there are a couple of things to look forward to: > >>> - Savepoints inside transactions: So that you don't have to rollback > >>> the entire transaction > >>> - Point-in-time recovery: Recover to a certain point in time > >>> - Separate disk storage using table spaces: Put one database on one > >>> partition and another on a different one, without using symbolic links > >>> and such. > >>> - Change column types using ALTER TABLE: Odd one this. What happens to > >>> the data if I change from varchar to int4?? > >>> - Server Runs on Win32: On WinNT based systems (WinNT/2000/XP) for the > >>> first time ever. (Not sure if this should matter much, but its been a > >>> bit of a gap!) > >> > >> Matters in terms of developers using it -> apps made that need it. I > >> doubt I would use mysql if postgresql ran as well on windows as mysql > >> does. > >> > >>> > >>> All in all noteworthy improvements to what is quite a mature and > >>> flexible RDBMS. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------- > >> This service is hosted on the Infocom network > >> http://www.infocom.co.ug > >> > > > > > > -- > > Kyohere Luke > > Systems Engineer > > One2net (U) LTD > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug Regards David Ziggy Lubowa --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
