And just above that he said: "If you want to use Oracle, by all means, please do. I think the issue Oracle faces is they're trying desperately to embrace Linux, and Oracle's "unbreakable Linux" (pitch) certainly makes a statement. My retort would be unbreakable MySQL."
Personally, I think it's kind of insane to tout MySQL as anything near "unbreakable". Unless they're ready to push some heavy funding into MySQL to improve it's ACID-ity, comparing MySQL to Oracle is like comparing apples and oranges. Last I heard, MySQL was implementing atomicity -- without rollback -- LOL what *is* that? I'd much rather see them push PostgreSQL or SapDB. The argument (for MySQL still not being ACID compliant) is that they are still trying to figure out how to integrate those prinicpals without losing speed. Maybe Sun could help them along; I don't know. I know this: you gain somewhere -- you lose somewhere. ... "unbreakable MySQL" -- not unless it changes substantially. Good thread - thanks James. I hope my views don't offend anyone. I'm not really trying to diss MySQL -- it certainly has it's applications -- I just think touting it as a solution comparable with Oracle is ... I'm not going to say :-) out of fear of offend people I respect on this list. I don't think it should be done though. There are people that will look to Sun and embrace whatever they see them embrace -- and just as whole-heartedly as Sun "seems" to. I think embracing MySQL so strongly would be to their detriment ... Regards, Eddie (How precious is your data to you? No, *really*?!) James Mitchell wrote: >Sorry for getting in late on this one. > >"I was just at Google, and Google's an all-MySQL shop. Why did they do it? >Because they looked at DB2 and it was expensive and it didn't offer any >added value." - Jonathan Schwartz > > Here's the full story: > http://news.com.com/2008-1082-947510.html > > > >James Mitchell >Software Engineer\Struts Evangelist >Struts-Atlanta, the "Open Minded Developer Network" >http://www.open-tools.org/struts-atlanta > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
