Re: mySQL IS winning

2001-02-02 Thread Vivek Khera
> "RH" == Rolf Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RH> That also depends on your definition of *PRODUCTION* status. If you are RH> going to make a profit using MySQL then you need to purchase a license. Not any more; MySQL is GPL in the current version. --

Re: mySQL IS winning

2001-02-01 Thread Jeremy D. Zawodny
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:06:14AM +0800, Rolf Hopkins wrote: > > Well, even so, if you are going to make a profit from it, you should > purchase some sort of support, right? and it really isn't that > expensive, either. I won't argue with that. :-) -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tec

Re: mySQL IS winning

2001-02-01 Thread Rolf Hopkins
D]> Cc: "Brad Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dickson Alastair T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Christopher Bone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 10:50 Subject: Re: mySQL IS winni

Re: mySQL IS winning

2001-02-01 Thread Billy Harvey
> If you are going to make a profit using MySQL then you need to > purchase a license. No you don't. - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the l

Re: mySQL IS winning

2001-02-01 Thread Jeremy D. Zawodny
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 10:11:49AM +0800, Rolf Hopkins wrote: > > That also depends on your definition of *PRODUCTION* status. If you > are going to make a profit using MySQL then you need to purchase a > license. Not if you use the GPL versions. -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Techni

Re: mySQL IS winning

2001-02-01 Thread Rolf Hopkins
astair T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Christopher Bone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 3:35 Subject: RE: mySQL IS winning > Having worked with Oracle products for several years, their licensing policy > is essentially as follows:

Re: mySQL IS winning

2001-02-01 Thread John Cichy
On Thursday 01 February 2001 11:43, Dickson Alastair T wrote: > > >But you still have to buy the ORACLE software right? > > Nope. I got my Enterprise Edition Oracle8i free. > > The *support and training* is paid for (ooouch, very expensive), > unlike mysql (free and from "the horses mouth") > > :

RE: mySQL IS winning

2001-02-01 Thread Brad Christensen
For what it is worth... Brad L. Christensen Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.center7.com -Original Message- From: John Cichy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:26 AM To: Dickson Alastair T; Christopher Bone Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mySQL I

RE: mySQL IS winning

2001-02-01 Thread Dickson Alastair T
>But you still have to buy the ORACLE software right? Nope. I got my Enterprise Edition Oracle8i free. The *support and training* is paid for (ooouch, very expensive), unlike mysql (free and from "the horses mouth") :) If you have lots of memory, processing power, time etc... Download 8i for L

Re: mySQL is winning

2001-02-01 Thread Vivek Khera
> "AS" == Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AS> Well, I still don't get it - why should I want to shell out a huge AS> amount of money? I mean, your post would fit a lot better, if AS> this was a Oracle mailinglist The point, I beleive, is that Oracle finds MySQL such a threat

Re: mySQL is winning

2001-02-01 Thread Tim Bunce
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 09:17:13AM -0600, Fowler, J.T. wrote: > My error - I had the [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL in my notepad not the correct > ORACLE link > > For news about how to "FOR FREE" convert from mySQL to ORACLE: > > http://www.oracle.com/ip/deploy/database/featurestory/index.html?mysql.

Re: mySQL is winning

2001-02-01 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Fowler, J.T. am Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 09:17:13AM -0600: > My error - I had the [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL in my notepad not the correct > ORACLE link Well, I still don't get it - why should I want to shell out a huge amount of money? I mean, your post would fit a lot better, if this was a Or