Chris Boget wrote:
>MySQL - as I said at our meeting, we would not be comfortable with this
>as an enterprise strength solution. MySQL is unsupported freeware
As has already been pointed out, MySQL is commercially supported by MySQL
AB. What strikes me most significantly is that, if you purchase support
there, you have access to the original development team.. Is that true of
the competing databases? We all know that the original author always has
more insight into a piece of software than any maintainer can ever achieve.
Which do you want - a small company consisting mainly of the original
development team, who have lived and breathed with the product for years,
or a huge company in which your problem is handed over to some newly-hired
graduate who arrived six months ago and will move on in another six. For
your support money, you go to the top instead of the bottom.
Alec
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