Richard Doubt with proof. One thing though to note, adoption by the big boys usually is something that takes a rigorous process. So their acceptance of mySQL lends alot of credence to the product.
Wire >> It (MYSQL) continues to be the RDBMS of choice for some of the big >> boys: Yahoo!, Google, Cisco, Sabre Holdings, HP and NASA. > 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. > > 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 -- Acceptance Speech "I would like to thank my Ethernet Connection...." --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
