I'm coming into this thread late, and I am certainly not trying to perpetuate the argument. However...
I develop on the Win32 platform and have used both Oracle and MS-SQL Server (primaril SQL Server). Recently I did a site for a small non-profit who had a limited budget, so I chose a host that offered MySQL as a database option for their least expensive option. I was actually pretty pleasantly surprised with its ease of use and performance. More recently, I installed MySQL on my own dev server and was investigating using it for my current project (internal app for a small company). I was very pleasantly surprised at the quality of the install and the tools that were available for it. I would have gladly used it had it not been for my boss' aversion to F/OSS. The one major thing that it was missing that would have been nice was stored procedures, which MySQL 5 (beta) has. This is just my experience. I tend to be a tool user first and a platform user second... Pete ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205836 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
