>>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.
I am in the camp that thinks that Oracle owning MySQL is good. There is actually quite a bit of knowhow coming from Oracle and flowing into MySQL (improvements to multicore processing/inno storage engine/parallelism/enterprise features for backup/replication/etc). So, after Oracle took over MySQL things have actually worked out pretty good so far. I do however agree with you that Oracle is famous and known for squeezing all the money they can from their products and customers. But at least it's nice to know that if you ever outgrow the community edition of MySQL that there is at least something that has a bit more enterprise features&support if you need it. Still all 10 times cheaper than MSSQL/Oracle. Kind Regards, Stefan Mueller _______________________ R&D Manager ORCL Toolbox LLP, Japan <http://www.orcl-toolbox.com/> http://www.orcl-toolbox.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Vowles Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:38 AM To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Suitable Database for XE2 Pro 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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