Hello Pratik, first you should of course also look at the uses of SAP DB, which was the name of previous versions of MySQL MaxDB before the cooperation with MySQL took place. You might find more uses by looking for this too ... Second, MySQL has a longer history in the open source world, and is/was bundled with almost all Linux distributions, and it was advertised more as a solution for building web sites (see the LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) acronym). You should look at the features of the database product you will need for your project, and compare then only products that support these features for other properties - otherwise you will end up comparing apples with oranges. Alexander Schr�der SAP DB, SAP Labs Berlin ----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 12:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Why MySQL is used instead of MaxDB?
Hi Friends, I am working on a pilot project that will introduce open source databases in my organisation. In my search I have found that MySQL and MaxDB both are open source databases, but MaxDB is being used very less in comparison to MySQL. If I link this with the fact that MaxDB provides many advanced features that MySQL dowsn't provide, first question that hits my mind is why is it so? Why MySQL is used more in comparison to MaxDB???? I am unable to find any genuine reason behind this, hope you can help me out!!!! Thanks & Regards... Pratik Ajmera Tata Consultancy Services Raheja Green, Kulupwadi Road, Borivali (East) Mumbai - 400 066,Maharashtra India Ph:- +91-22-56688712 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.tcs.com ForwardSourceID:NT00003FDE
