It never hurts to diversify your skills. As everyone on this list will tell you MySQL is no where near on equal footing with Oracle. However, it is used in A LOT of small shops in the Linux/Apache/PHP/MySQL combination. Keeping your options open and current is always a good idea.
Rodd Holman On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 17:04, Weiss, Rick wrote: > A question for the DBA Gods on this list: > > Is it worth the time/effort to download MySQL and learn it? Is there going > to be a viable (meaning $$) market for the product in the future? Or should > I leave all the egg$ in the Oracle basket? > > Musing for fun and profit. > > Rick Weiss > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 3:34 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > MS SQL costing less than Oracle is only partly true. > > If you load up MS with the extras that constitute a std > feature set on Oracle, Oracle is very competitive. > > Been lots of comparisons on that. > > Now PostgreSQL and MySQL, those *are* less expensize than > MS SQL and Oracle. :) > > Jared > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Rodd Holman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rodd Holman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
