orly, i have a high respect for you being a pioneer in linux no doubt about it.
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Orlando Andico <[email protected]> wrote: > Joebert, > > I don't doubt your reasoning at all. I say "bicycle" because generally > (actually with Open Source in general) a lot more work is required to > get a certain level of functionality and availability working. tell me how easy it is to produce a sum of money to buy an oracle license. > But as you say -- the bicycle gets you there, sometimes later rather > than sooner. I cannot bike 100km a week unlike you or my brother -- so > for me the bicycle is simply out of the question. Same as many > enterprises, they cannot afford long development cycles, or a lot of > work to ensure high availability, etc. because they are thinking short term. they can invest on open source now. it doesnt mean if you can't do it now you drop the idea right away. i started biking catching my breath after 1km of pedaling. after 6 months i can bike 100km a day 3 days straight. it takes dedication and practice. > But as I mentioned in my prior email, if I was starting out building > something, I'd probably build it with MySQL (or PostgreSQL) to avoid > large up-front costs. im not impressed. me ill pick mysql because in my own little way i could contribute back to the community and not because i can save on cost. that's the philosophy im talking about. >It's easy to migrate from MySQL to Oracle if > warranted (but the other way around is not so easy..) because oracle doesn't want to. i think mysql will be glad if oracle share to them what they need to make that easy. but that is trade secret where you draw cash right? > Although I do not think the feature set of Oracle is bling -- some > people need what they need. Things like ensuring HIPAA compliance of > the entire database so you can ensure privacy of medical data stored > in it: these things cost money to develop and certify. I would not > consider that bling, if I needed it. Or for example Transparent Data > Encryption and Database Vault, which are required for PCI-DSS > compliance. compliance is a business thing. it is clearly a bling. with a relatively unlimited amount of money heck it is easy to get compliance. ooxml? im not certified in anything myself because im confident in my skills. joebert _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
