On Jul 18, 2007, at 2:39 PM, mrgmhale wrote:
> I mean, if I'd written a program which used mySQL I'd be fairly angry
> that I either needed to pay for a supported version or build my own
> binaries from scratch.
Who said that? If you wrote a program that used MySQL, why would you
have to get another version?
> I had been aware of the Server Fee with MySQL for commercial use,
> if I did
> not want to release my source code into the public domain. It is
> one of the
> reasons I went with PostGreSQL instead. PostgreSQL is plenty beefy
> for
> anything I could throw at it. And it looks like I will never need
> to worry
> about it becoming a dual license solution.
PostgreSQL is making large advances in market share for precisely
this reason. It's always been a great database, but a lot of people
prefer fewer restrictions on their usage.
-- Ed Leafe
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