On 12/11/06, Stephen the Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand this point. Seems that a few people here have vertical apps > and may be inclined to think that the product, MySQL, is free. >
It's free as in freedom, but may not be free as in cost, to a commercial distributor who's charging money for it. If a free as in cost solution is desired, PostgreSQL, Firebird and SQLite all offer free-as-in-freedom answers. Most commercial vendors also offer a limited closed source database. The case study you cite doesn't supply enough information to explain why a vendor or their customer (BYU) is paying $75k (annually, I suspect) to distribute a database about 300 courses. That does sound awfully suspicious. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
