There was a comparison run on eweek.com a few months ago that tested the
top databases, including MySQL, using a JDBC interface. Oracle came on
top, as you would expect, and it should for the money. MySQL was second,
MSSQL was dead last. All were "professionally" tuned as I recall.
However, MS
s to
give people a bit of an edge when designing databases ;)
John
-Original Message-
From: Jeremy Zawodny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 5:49 PM
To: John Griffin
Cc: Yuri; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Marketing materials ??
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 10:15:05AM -0400, John Griffin wrote:
> Hi Yuri,
>
> Money talks. Point out that MySQL is an open source initiative and
> can save them money. As for knowing another product, such as MS-SQL,
> being a deciding factor; it really isn't an issue. All databases, at
> their cor
Hi Yuri,
Money talks. Point out that MySQL is an open source initiative and can save them
money. As for knowing another product, such as MS-SQL, being a deciding factor; it
really isn't an issue. All databases, at their core functionality, are the same. The
same rules of database design apply
- Original Message -
From: "Yuri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: mailing.database.mysql
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 12:37 AM
Subject: Marketing materials ??
> Hi,
>
> I may get in position to protect
> my choice of MySQL being confronted
> by completely non-technical
> manag
