Hi, --- On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Vamsee Kanakala <[email protected]> wrote: | If so, | sure. So if Oracle is indeed light years ahead, why bother about a puny, | hobbled open source database used by, I don't know, millions of tiny | websites? What value can MySQL possibly hold for the cash-munching | super-advanced db technology company? ;-) \--
It is quite disheartening when people compare closed source proprietary products with Free/Open Source Software products, where the fundamental principle or ideology that we believe in sharing of source code, and knowledge doesn't exist in the former, and there is _no_ room for comparison at all! You can never compare a corrupt politician (who hides everything), and an honest (gives the source) public servant. Even worse, is when newbies ask for 'alternatives/equivalents' in the F/OSS world, than appreciate the freedom of the source code, and what they can do with it. Sad, but true. SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
