I am sorry, but I highly doubt MySQL will go away in near future. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:59 AM, KAM.covad <[email protected]> wrote: > What we need is an easy migration to PostgreSQL from VFP. Unattended > installation from CD and a replacement for INSERT INTO FROM NAME, GATHER, etc > > Then it would be easier to migrate to something like Python if necessary some > day. > > ********************************* > Below is Joshua Drake's take on Oracle purchasing Sun: > I see a large possibility of mass migration from MySQL by non web > applications. > > The obvious choice is PostgreSQL because of the BSD license and the maturity > of the software. > > In conclusion I expect that MySQL in two years likely won't exist except > on the most tertiary level. Most new projects will be developed in > either PostgreSQL, Firebird or one of the forks (MariaDB, Drizzle). > > http://planet.postgresql.org/ > http://tinyurl.com/c2tqug > http://tinyurl.com/c2dwzq > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server]
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