Aside from MS SQL, what does the program vendor explicitly recommend as database backend? If you like Oracle-like features and no limitations while still being FOSS, I suggest you go for PostgreSQL. Hope this helps. Thanks!
On 4/24/06, MaRViN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Our company will be acquiring a new payroll and hr system, the program > vendor suggests that we use ms sql for the database. Since we want to > implement open source, I have a few thoughts on MySQL.... (1)how is the > support compared to sql? (2) how about the stability and upgrade compared to > the commercial version? (3) is it also vulnerable to sql viruses/hijack? > > Thanks. > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > -- Tito Mari Francis H. Escaño Computer Engineer and Free Software Proponent _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph

