Boget, Chris wrote:
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> MySQL - as I said at our meeting, we would not be comfortable with this
> as an enterprise strength solution. MySQL is unsupported freeware and
> lacks enterprise management functionality. It has a small limited feature
> set compared to ORACLE, DB/2 and is lacking the functionality to support
Well, do they want to spend massive amounts of money or don't they?
Where are the bean counters when you need them?
> data replication and has little capability for generating management info.
Someone's been listening to FUD again.... How much time has the Oracle
rep spent wining and dining this guy?
That it replicates is well established.
> There are question marks around the scalability of the product, I'm not
Have you seen the system Slashdot runs with MySQL? Wow! If anyone has
a heavy load, it's Slashdot.
> The fact that it is unsupported freeware would mean that an end user would
Someone needs to get defininitions straight. "freeware" does not equal
"GPL", and that is if you get the GPL rather than the *supported* version.
> potentially be "held to ransom" by a DBA with specific knowledge. The mySQL
MySQL is so widely used that it shouldn't be a problem to get another
knowledgeable DBA, and probably cheaper than an Oracle one.
Also, check the todo list and see what's coming out in 4 that address
any other problems. From what I've heard, a large number of people
running Oracle are on serious overkill. I'm about to put a database on
Oracle (as directed from high) when I know MySQL can handle it.
Man, the MySQL employees are going to go off on this one.
Frank.
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