I was thinking street luge at EDSA would be crazier. I agree on the right tool for the right job. MySQL works fine on small to mid-sized websites. It's free, lightweight and pretty much does the job.
It's a different story when you move to an enterprise app. I had my fair share of problems on scaling with MySQL. There are solutions but it's different when you're battling against deadlines. Only one wish for Oracle: Support for more distros. Probably too much to ask. On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:22, Drexx Laggui [personal] <[email protected]> wrote: > 20Mar2009 (UTC +8) > > Dudes, the analogies are getting ridiculous... that instead of > enlightening non-DBA's like me, it's just confusing me even more :P > > On the lighter side, how's this for a crazy analogy? Roller-blading in > EDSA during rush hour! > > That's exactly what I'm thinking when back in early-1990's, I coded a > DBMS using Turbo Pascal 4 on a 486DX with 4MB RAM, for a college > "instructor" of mine so he can complete *his* thesis. From nothing to > a beta version in 2 weeks. Talk about hard work that eventually > enabled me to go where I needed to go. Ha ha ha!!! > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:12, Jerome Gotangco <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Paolo Falcone <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Seriously, it's really situational. There's no 'one solution that fits >>> all'. For most technologies, depending on your niche, it's the 'one >>> solution that fits most' that wins the bid. >> >> At the lowest possible price that can yield high value as well > > > > Drexx Laggui -- CISA, CISSP, CFE Associate, ISO27001 LA, CCSI, CSA > http://www.laggui.com ( Singapore / Manila / California ) > Computer forensics; Penetration testing; QMS & ISMS developers; K-Transfer > PGP fingerprint = 6E62 A089 E3EA 1B93 BFB4 8363 FFEC 3976 FF31 8A4E > _________________________________________________ > 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
