one of the very nice things about Oracle is RAC. are there other databases that have similar functionality?
from a simplistic view one wonders if RAC is using the same ideas used for cache coherency on SMP systems with separate caches on each cpu. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Kelsey Hartigan Go <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a free version of Oracle for development...but severely > restricted...similar to microsoft sqlexpress. > and Db2express (but db2 and sqlexpress you can use for production, oracle, > you can't) > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Winelfred G. Pasamba > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Is there are possible market state where Oracle will zero the >> license-to-use price and only charge for support? >> >> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Orlando Andico <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Sun actually positions MySQL as an Oracle replacement in some cases, >> > and you ought to check out their support contract pricing.. the >> > comparison is more relevant than you guys think. >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:12 PM, joebert jacaba <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I think its unfair to compare Oracle 10 or 11g to Postgres. There are >> >>> a lot of verticals that Oracle cover that Postgres probably doesn't >> >>> because of market demand. A more appropriate comparison would probably >> >>> be OracleXE to PostgreSQL. >> >>> >> >> >> >> And is it fair to compare it to MySQL? >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Orlando Andico >> > +63.2.976.8659 | +63.920.903.0335 >> > _________________________________________________ >> > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > -- > Kelsey Hartigan Go > Registered Linux user #5998 > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you. Winelfred G. Pasamba Adventist University of the Philippines Online Information Systems _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
