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Title: Can Firebird gain against MySQL?
Post by: sam on November 14, 2010, 21:51

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MySQL is now really an Oracle product, price included. Which is a big chance for all other "really free" database servers, like Firebird and PostgreSQL.

http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/firebird_gain_mysql.html

Title: Re: Can Firebird gain against MySQL?
Post by: Simon on November 14, 2010, 22:13

The linked to blog in that article looks rather worrying, from our prospective.

http://www.geekgumbo.com/2010/11/06/the-decline-of-mysql/

Title: Re: Can Firebird gain against MySQL?
Post by: sam on November 15, 2010, 00:25

oh yes, ever since oracle took over Sun its all been very worrying, but we are small fish in a massive lake of people using mysql from our non-commerical operation to be business, I can't see them doing anything too stupid. If they did well we would cope. I'm sure it wouldn't take too much effort to change the backend database. Making the database software, however, is a different issue entirely. Still we have 4 years.

Title: Re: Can Firebird gain against MySQL?
Post by: Simon on November 15, 2010, 07:20

That's something of a relief.