MB Software Solutions wrote: > Stephen the Cook wrote: > >> I have three under my belt. Nothing recent though. I am interviewing to >> swap MySQL over to SQL Server. >> >> > > Now that's something that sounds interesting for discussion. What's > wrong with MySQL that they want to dump it and take up SQL Server?
Nothing is wrong with MySQL. I am convinced there is something wrong with the people that make those decisions (seriously - who would spend tens of thousands of dollars on licensing fees when there is no need to?????). I have heard so many lame ass excuses from "We want to go with the industry standard' (WTF does that mean??) to nobody uses open source software - everyone uses M$FT. On an upside I was recently involved in a rather large data warehousing project that used all open source tools. We used PostgreSQL for the heavy work pulling gigs of data out of MSSQL and some smaller databases we went with MySQL 5. CentOS for the servers, PHP, AJAX, Kettle, and I think iReports for reporting requirements. The only money spent was for VMWare virtualization and the hardware. It was a 6 month project with a team of 7 people and the project launched with great success. It was a milestone in my development career being involved with such a big project using open source software almost exclusively. IMNSHO it is just the beginning.............. Been up for almost 2 months now running 24x7 without a hint of any trouble whatsoever.. _______________________________________________ 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.
