FYI - There is a massive discussion going on right now on Slashdot about
this topic.
Are Expensive RDBM Systems Worth The Money?
http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/01/03/04/0842229.shtml
-Cameron
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Cameron Childress
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 3:33 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: M$ licensing has me at wits end
>
>
> Since Howie mentioned Interbase a few weeks back, I have looked
> at it quite
> a bit and I believe with the 1.0 release of the open source Firebird very
> close, I would include it in any list with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
>
> http://www.interbase2000.com/
>
> jon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arden Weiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 7:01 PM
> Subject: RE: M$ licensing has me at wits end
>
>
> > Well doggies...
> >
> > From all the excellent feedback on this issue of "real good cheaper
> > alternatives to SQL Server" it seems I must conclude that the central
> theme
> > is "There really aren't any real good cheaper alternatives"
> >
> > The two major alternatives MySQL and PostgreSQL both seems to
> have fairly
> > significant short commings. However, I must say that the comparison
> article
> > of MySQL and PostgreSQL at
> > http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20000705.php3?page=1
> > was excellent (all should read).
> >
> > Of interest, none of you seem to be advocating SYBASE -- wonder why not.
> > Is it possibly because their web site is even more confusing
> than M$ site
> > -- just a bunch of mumbo jumbo that even this almost smartest retired
> > doggie on the planet couldn't figure out.
> >
> > ^
> > / \__
> > ( @\___
> > / O
> > / (_____/
> > /_____/
> > Whoof...
> > 410-757-3487
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Montgomery [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 6:39 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: M$ licensing has me at wits end
> >
> > Bud,
> >
> > Have you considered just asking some of the web hosting companies what
> they
> > are required to do as far as SQL Server licensing? I'll bet if
> you emailed
> > a
> > few of them they'd tell ya how they do it.
> >
> > Chris Montgomery [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 5:29 PM
> > >
> > > Compare it? How? Microsoft can't tell me how much a license is to
> > > commercially host web sites running SQL Server as the database, nor
> > > can they tell me where I can even get licensed. All they can tell me
> > > is that it's illegal to host databases commercially for my clients,
> > > even with processor licenses.
> > > --
> > >
> > > Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations
> >
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