> > I am completely baffled as to why this makes MySQL the logical > > FOSS option ?!? > > Somewhere on the MySQL web site there is a history of their product, > which reveals that they originally built it purely for decision support > purposes (i.e. reporting and analysis). Indeed the design and feature > set of MySQL up to v3.x reflects this type of work, in which data is > usually collected by other systems, and then bulk-loaded or otherwise > assembled in batches into the decision support database. The emphasis is > on the speed of fairly simple queries. My understanding of the Health > (Management) Information Systems Programme with which Calle is involved > is that it is a system which collects and aggregates summarised and unit > record data collected by clinics, community health centres, hospitals > and other health care facilities into a local or regional decision > support database. Is that correct, Calle? If so, then MySQL is a good > choice.
Tim, thank you very much ! This makes perfect sense to me. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346
