On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 11:14 +0200, A.J. Venter wrote:
> Okay I did a bit of looking around.
> It seems there are different units for every single mysql version in the
> world - and ipso facto the program compiled with one version of mysql won't
> work with future ones... OUCH.
Ow, you already sorted that out...
> Now firebird is a damn big nightmare to get running, oracle is hugely
> overpriced, most of my users despise postgres (as anybody who is NOT a DBA
> but needs a db-backed APPS tends to) ...
You could use Oracle XE, which is free for single-processor use. (and
some more limitations)
But why is firebird so difficult to get running? Maybe because it's not
included in most distributions?
And I don't see the problem with postgres. But I think that I can
consider myself a DBA, so.... l)
> Is there anything left ?
> Especially when network transparency is SO critical ?
DB2? ;)
Joost
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