MySQL is a better "database" than Access, however it's the surrounding technologies that make Access nice. Solid ODBC drivers, ADO, simple and nicely featured client, and so on. Unless you guys have a lot of MySQL experience, I'd say go with MS SQL and don't look back. If they are concerned about money as you say, MS SQL doesn't seem to fit the cheap requirement...unless you are comparing to Oracle.
On a tangent, while the Slashdotters always get all huffy when an open source company tries to sell a closed source version of an open source software, I have always thought this is exactly what they _need_ to do. The executives, and Microsoft drones will never touch anything that has open source on the box. Open source is the worst buzzword that ever existed. It's a way to generate excitement and a following among developers, not executives. In a way I agree with Microsoft on the GPL license. It is hurting the success of open source software among corporations. Sun's Star Office and Mozilla have it right in my opinion. The open source version is branded differently from the closed version and is not viewed as open source to the average exec, but they still gain the benefits of open source. If MySQL was allowed to sell a closed version of it's software, instead of having to sell overpriced support contracts it would be much more successful. jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:54 PM Subject: RE: MS Access: True/False Questions > > What about MySQL? It's still Free to my knowledge... You > > may want to look > > into this. > > It'd be a hard sell for us. The decision makers tend to cringe whenever > they can't add a $3000 support package. Freeware is frowned upon, although > we did manage to get a Linux box to run WebCT. > > As it is, I think MS SQL is probably the forerunning candidate because the > name is recognized by the decision makers and they view it as having better > support. > > For the sake of argument though, MySQL is fairly robust? A definite > improvement over Access? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
