On 16 January 2012 22:01, John Bird <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Now that Oracle owns MySQL I heard some muttering that the best real open > source DB out there is now Firebird – not sure how well Oracle is treating > MySQL but going by how they are treating Dalbek (The version of Java Google > uses to develop for Android) I would be worried (ie Oracle is trying to sue > the pants off Google to get licence fees for Android. Would be like > Embarcadero suing the Free Pascal organisation (same language, different > compiler) > I think the Postgres crowd would disagree with you there :-) Remember MySQL being GPL means you can't ship it with your app - unless you open source your app or pay for MySQL. Both Firebird and Postgres are the only two "main" fully open source databases. -- --- Richard Vowles, Technical Advisor Developers Inc Ltd web. http://www.developers-inc.co.nz mob. +64-275-467747 twitter. developersinc
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