On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 08:35:40AM -0500, Boget, Chris wrote:
> Recently, we presented MySQL as a database option for a website that
> we might be working on. We've used it as our database in the past and
> we plan on using it in the future as possible.
> With that said, I confess I don't have as intimate a knowledge of mySQL
> to address some of the things in the email that was sent to me. I'd like
> to hear what some of you have to say/think about this. I know some
> of the things said below aren't entirely correct, but I'm not 100% sure
> about some of the others.
Wow.
> 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
> data replication and has little capability for generating management info.
> There are question marks around the scalability of the product, I'm not
> sure of the locking algorithms used (whether row level or record level) -
> the
> fact that it is not generally used in multi-user solutions is a good enough
> indication that this is not accepted database technology for
> industrial-strength
> multi-user systems.
> The fact that it is unsupported freeware would mean that an end user would
> potentially be "held to ransom" by a DBA with specific knowledge. The mySQL
> security model is also not sufficiently developed for any system that
> involves
> money.
> I would not be prepared to sign-off any solution containing mySQL.
Double wow.
MySQL Myths Debunked
<URL:http://michael.bacarella.com/research/mysqlmyths.html>
is a document I've been maintaining (with the help of numerous others)
whose purpose is to alleviate such misunderstandings of MySQL.
I doubt all of the cluephone in the world wouldn't convince the
person responsible for that quote, though. Here's to the best.
--
Michael Bacarella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Technical Staff / System Development,
New York Connect.Net, Ltd.
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