Whatever the concoction is Richard, if you want a product to break into those circles, play their game. Unless of course if yo guaranteed of a salary :-)
Wire. > And good number of them are driven by politics and pride. > > R. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> True, Wire, >> True >> >> warmest regards >> >> Shem Nnaggenda K. Nsubuga >> >> COUNTRY HEAD OF IT - UGANDA >> Standard Chartered Bank, 1, Aldermanbury Square, London EC2V 7SB, >> UNITED KINGDOM >> Tel: +44 (0)20 7457 7805 +44 (0)20 72807805 : +44 (0)20 7457 7805 or >> +44 (0)20 7280 7500 >> AEN: + 1044 7805 FONENET+1401 7805 Fax: +44 207 280 7208; Mobile: +44 >> (0) 790 4795061 >> >> "Leading the Way in Asia , Africa and the Middle East" >> >> >> >> >> >> "Wire James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 12-08-04 01:28 AM >> Please respond to lug >> >> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> cc: >> Subject: Re: lug_: PostgreSQL 8.0 (latest mysql >> licensing changes could boost >> postgresql) >> >> 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 >> >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > 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
