On 5/21/07, Prasanna Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey, shankar, can u get a really detailed feature list that HLCIT needs > and their requirements?
Ok, I'll try! But, one basic thing is that, they are using Oracle as DBM right now. They want to switch to a very good, reliable DBM. And they want their existing data to be easily ported and handled by the new DBM. On 5/21/07, Prasanna Gautam < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've been impressed with pgsql but i dunno a damn thing abt oracle. > > > > On 5/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > MySQL or PostgreSQL would be the better choice although there are many > > > > > > free dbms available. Firstly, we have to analyze their data whether > > > they can be migrated to the open source database system or not. > > > There's no doubt that most of the things can be done using MySQL or > > > PostgreSQL but features which Oracle supports might not be supported > > > by other free dbms. But MySQL is getting bigger and robust day by day > > > and may support most of the Oracle features. > > > > > > Let's have a look at this URL first : > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_relational_database_management_systems > > > > > > Dibyendra > > > > > > On May 19, 9:17 am, "Prasanna Gautam" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > wrote: > > > > We all know that often governments are the biggest consumers esp in > > > > softwares. As we all know from the recent posts here that HLCIT also > > > wants > > > > to go OpenSource with it's database. Now we need to leverage this > > > for FOSS > > > > community. We all know oracle is popular but we also know that Open > > > Source > > > > has caught up. The thing that they want is support. If we can get > > > the HLCIT > > > > converted to Open Source, we can show how much taxpayer's money is > > > being > > > > wasted(?) because unless people really need/use a feature, they > > > shouldn't be > > > > paying for it. Let's do a research essentially... (ok cut to the > > > chase) > > > > because there's more money with government works for Foss Nepal and > > > getting > > > > a system of that scale to work on Open Source software will mean > > > that it can > > > > be a great achievement for FOSS community towards making us more > > > enterprise > > > > friendly in due time and especially when the bigger names (IBM?) > > > come to > > > > Nepal. > > > > > > > > The thing is, let's focus on people who really want to go open > > > source get > > > > the maximum benefit out of it. Let's do some research into > > > it... let's find > > > > out for sure the weaknesses and strengths of Open Source solutions, > > > what we > > > > can get from the enterprise versions and how it can be worked on... > > > It > > > > surely sounds daunting... but foss nepal will get lost in the sea of > > > bidders > > > > (from Oracle Pros, ol' enemy Microsoft and others) unless there's > > > money in > > > > it. We have worked on databases time and again... it's time to get > > > things > > > > that you all have reviewed and perhaps review yourself so that we > > > really can > > > > have a vision in long run in this sector as well... > > > > > > > > I'll be posting some of the interesting things ... err... as some > > > people > > > > call... spammin? here and I believe u guys can do it as well so that > > > we can > > > > really show what can be done... > > > > > > > > Let's stop using Bulldozers(oracle) for making sandcastles..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
