Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-24 Thread Martin Gainty
of money involved. > > /David > > > John > > > > -Original Message- > > From: David Axmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:14 PM > > To: Damir Dezeljin > > Cc: MySQL List > > Subject: Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

RE: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-24 Thread David Axmark
; John > > -Original Message- > From: David Axmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:14 PM > To: Damir Dezeljin > Cc: MySQL List > Subject: Re: InterBase vs. Mysql > > > On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 08:14, Damir Dezeljin wrote: > > First

RE: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-22 Thread David Axmark
On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 21:26, John Griffin wrote: > Gerald, > > One hundred MySQL licenses still works out to $90.00 USD. Even if it > worked out to half that would still leave me with no margin and so no > compensation for my time. I am trying to find a way of using MySQL in > a very low cost mark

RE: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-21 Thread John Griffin
ssage- From: gerald_clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:49 PM To: John Griffin Cc: David Axmark; Damir Dezeljin; MySQL List Subject: Re: InterBase vs. Mysql Well, then I would buy a $50.00 product using MySQL, and then your $5000.00 product. Oh, and subtract the $5

RE: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-21 Thread John Griffin
; Damir Dezeljin; MySQL List Subject: Re: InterBase vs. Mysql Buy a hundred at a time. John Griffin wrote: >Actually, I am trying to address the problem of having to buy a $200 MySQL license >for every $50 software product I sell. If you have a solution for this problem I >would like to

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-21 Thread gerald_clark
good solution for. John -Original Message- From: gerald_clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:49 PM To: John Griffin Cc: David Axmark; Damir Dezeljin; MySQL List Subject: Re: InterBase vs. Mysql Well, then I would buy a $50.00 product using MySQL, and then your $50

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-21 Thread gerald_clark
Well, then I would buy a $50.00 product using MySQL, and then your $5000.00 product. Oh, and subtract the $500.00 license fee. I already have a license. I prefer to pay a flat fee for each license, not a fee based on the price of your software. John Griffin wrote: Hello David, Since you were k

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-21 Thread mos
At 05:27 AM 2/18/2003, you wrote: Hi, I am a MySQL admin. I like it very much. It is very quick,stable and easy in configuration. But I have a boss, who has been told about InterBase. He told me I should interest in the InterBase, because it is programmed by russian, who made a great project and

RE: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-21 Thread John Griffin
: Damir Dezeljin Cc: MySQL List Subject: Re: InterBase vs. Mysql On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 08:14, Damir Dezeljin wrote: > Firstly excuse my poor english ;))) > > I read the entire mail thread. I'm useing MySQL for our own data storage > (I use it to store our oceanographic data for intern

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-21 Thread David Axmark
On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 18:06, Ben Clewett wrote: > This will be my last posting. I don't belive I am being constructive > and have no wish to instantly be hated by the whole of MySQL. > > Michael T. Babcock wrote: > > Ben Clewett wrote: > > > >> MySQL say that this is an extension of the applica

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-03-21 Thread David Axmark
On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 08:14, Damir Dezeljin wrote: > Firstly excuse my poor english ;))) > > I read the entire mail thread. I'm useing MySQL for our own data storage > (I use it to store our oceanographic data for internal use) - I guess that > I don't need a commercial license for this. > > I ha

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-19 Thread Vadim Vinokur
Hi! What to choose - InterBase/FireBird or MySQL - depends on the tasks you are going to solve with your SQL server. InterBase/FireBird is intended for managing a quite large and complicate databases, where a lot of business rules should be realized and stored in common database instead of being r

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Damir Dezeljin
Firstly excuse my poor english ;))) I read the entire mail thread. I'm useing MySQL for our own data storage (I use it to store our oceanographic data for internal use) - I guess that I don't need a commercial license for this. I have another question ... if I will do a commercial program in futu

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Andy Smith
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 05:06:17PM +, Ben Clewett wrote: > This will be my last posting. I don't belive I am being constructive > and have no wish to instantly be hated by the whole of MySQL. Probably wasn't wise to make a post about how you felt MySQL was expensive (huh?) and their staff ru

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
On Tue 2003-02-18 at 17:06:17 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This will be my last posting. I don't belive I am being constructive > and have no wish to instantly be hated by the whole of MySQL. [...] Oh, I do not have anything at all against you. I just tried to correct what I saw as a miscon

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Michael T. Babcock
Ben Clewett wrote: What you say is that the API is in my application. The API is part of MySQL. Therefore my application is GPL or needs a licence. Please don't confuse API and library. The libmysql or libmysqld libraries are GPL'd. Anything linked against them is automatically also GPL

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
On Tue 2003-02-18 at 16:11:11 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: [...] > There is also some middle ground here. Which is the overlap of the two. No. Either the way you distribute your software is GPL-compliant or not. If it is not, you need a commercial license, if it is

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Ben Clewett
This will be my last posting. I don't belive I am being constructive and have no wish to instantly be hated by the whole of MySQL. Michael T. Babcock wrote: Ben Clewett wrote: MySQL say that this is an extension of the application, and therefore breaks the GPL, and therefore a licence is need

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Michael T. Babcock
Ben Clewett wrote: MySQL say that this is an extension of the application, and therefore breaks the GPL, and therefore a licence is needed. They are however, the only big GPL user who thinks this way. No they're not. The issue is not the use of the server (as previously discussed a few w

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Ben Clewett
I'm not here to slag MySQL, but this point is extremely interesting. Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: > Aehem. There seems to be some misconception here. Either your program > is fine with MySQL being GPL or not. > > If it is (and your forking example would work for you) either by using > MySQL in a way

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Simon Windsor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I am getting tired of this argument. This is the MySQL Users mail list, not a list to slagg of MySQL, its features or staff. Constructive comment is always welcome, but people on this list have chosen to use MySQL because of what it is and will

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
On Tue 2003-02-18 at 12:57:04 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] > Most benchmark published actually give credit to mysql when it comes to > Mysql Vs Interbase, but as an end user, the best tests are the one i > conduct myself in my premises. > Therefor when i say that mysql Vs interbase defin

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Michael T. Babcock
Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: So the speak about university degrees is pointless (aside from that, why do you think volunteers wouldn't have a degree...). Any volunteer who actually manages to improve MySQL in some way is good enough by my books; with or without the degree. A Comp. Sci. degree

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
Hi. On Tue 2003-02-18 at 11:48:53 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi Maciej, > > the only arguments you can get in favour of mysql is that it's free, and > some of its SQL statement are faster than interbase. Well, and outstanding support, IMHO. > Interbase has the advantage of having views,

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Mark Matthews
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Inandjo Taurel wrote: hi Maciej, the only arguments you can get in favour of mysql is that it's free, and some of its SQL statement are faster than interbase. Interbase has the advantage of having views, stored procedures,triggers,and it's crazily

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
On Tue 2003-02-18 at 12:02:59 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] > This is the main reason why I am looking at PostgreSQL at the moment, > although I've not looked much at Interbase, any good? > > Either that, or fork MySQL into FreeMySQL, as we can do under the GPL, > and not charge our selv

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
Hi. Just a little correction. On Tue 2003-02-18 at 12:44:39 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Maciej, > > I don't know much about Interbase, but MySQL is for some cases a very good > choice! > Some database engineers would say MySQL isn't a database because it has no > transactions by know (i

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Inandjo Taurel
hi heikki, thanks for correcting me on the salary aspect. Most benchmark published actually give credit to mysql when it comes to Mysql Vs Interbase, but as an end user, the best tests are the one i conduct myself in my premises. Therefor when i say that mysql Vs interbase definitely goes to inte

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Inandjo Taurel
MySQL Licence will cost us more than our product price. Wow, what a company!! how much do you sell your products ?? MySQL sails staff are rude and unfriendly. Can't tell, anytime i needed help, i used this forum, and i rather met some real interesting guyz and dedicated guyz (widenius, egorov,

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Heikki Tuuri
Inandjo, > Subject: Re: InterBase vs. Mysql > From: Inandjo Taurel > Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:48:53 + > ... > Don't forget that interbase is also written by professionnal on borland > campus, guyz who completed a university degree and were assessed and were > judge

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Ben Clewett
Inandjo Taurel wrote: hi Maciej, the only arguments you can get in favour of mysql is that it's free, Free??? Bollocks. I program for a small company producing commercial programs. We have found: MySQL Licence will cost us more than our product price. MySQL sails staff are rude and unfrie

Re: InterBase vs. Mysql

2003-02-18 Thread Inandjo Taurel
hi Maciej, the only arguments you can get in favour of mysql is that it's free, and some of its SQL statement are faster than interbase. Interbase has the advantage of having views, stored procedures,triggers,and it's crazily fast. Don't forget that interbase is also written by professionnal on

Re: Interbase vs MySQL

2002-06-03 Thread mos
At 05:28 AM 6/3/2002, you wrote: >Hi all. > >I'm looking for a comparison between Interbase and MySQL. > >Thanks in advance. > >Iago. lago See http://lists.mysql.com/php/search.php?ps=10&q=interbase&ps=20&m=and. Mike --