Revenue model for open source databases (was Re: Anyone used SQL Express?)

2006-10-29 Thread MB Software Solutions
Grigore Dolghin wrote: Right, Dave. That's why I prefer SQL Server Express, Firebird or PostgreSQL (in this order). They are free under any circumstances. So... if the guys at Firebird can do it, I wonder why the guys at MySQL can't. This comes back to the free as in choice, not as in beer

Re: Revenue model for open source databases (was Re: Anyone used SQL Express?)

2006-10-29 Thread Ed Leafe
On Oct 29, 2006, at 10:19 AM, MB Software Solutions wrote: This comes back to the free as in choice, not as in beer and how does open source make money? discussions. Perhaps MySQL saw how widely used it was and thought if we just charge $595 USD per year per server, we can make a lot of

RE: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-28 Thread Dave Crozier
in order to keep the development of the product going forward. Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grigore Dolghin Sent: 28 October 2006 06:29 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: Anyone used SQL Express? Charlie MySQL is NOT free. You

RE: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-28 Thread Stephen the Cook
Rick Schummer wrote: Stephen, But you can write that as a developer as part of your app. Sure you can work around the missing SQL Server Agent, but it sure is nice to have it built in and accessible without the need for me to write something myself. It works great and is reliable. I

Re: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-28 Thread Grigore Dolghin
PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 10:26 AM Subject: RE: Anyone used SQL Express? Grig, As long as you are not bundling your software with it the end user can install the software separately at no cost, which means that your application becomes simply a separate system addon. Having said

RE: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-27 Thread Dave Crozier
Paul, Performance is really no different than the full version. I have 5 systems out there with 4 users on each server and the performance is more than adequate. The only thing I can actually compare it to is SQL Server V6.5 actually running on SBS which it has replaced. The speed when extracting

Re: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-27 Thread Derek Kalweit
Performance is really no different than the full version. I have 5 systems out there with 4 users on each server and the performance is more than adequate. Indeed. MSDE is just as powerful as SQL Server as far as the query engine goes, etc. The only difference performance-wise is a built-in

Re: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Hill
On 10/27/06, Derek Kalweit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Performance is really no different than the full version. I have 5 systems out there with 4 users on each server and the performance is more than adequate. Indeed. MSDE is just as powerful as SQL Server as far as the query engine goes, etc.

Re: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Hill
On 10/27/06, Charlie Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:32 AM 10/27/2006 +0100, Paul Hill wrote: Hi All, I'm evaluating a client/server solution for an existing product. Does anyone have experience with SQL Express 2005 (aka MSDE) in a network environment? Pros/Cons? I'm guessing

Re: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-27 Thread Ed Leafe
On Oct 27, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Stephen the Cook wrote: It's an excellent database server, no doubt. But the 'junk' is all the licensing and legal BS that comes with it. Why would you want to have to subject yourself and your clients to that, when there are other quality products out

RE: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-27 Thread Stephen the Cook
Ed Leafe wrote: On Oct 27, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Stephen the Cook wrote: It's an excellent database server, no doubt. But the 'junk' is all the licensing and legal BS that comes with it. Why would you want to have to subject yourself and your clients to that, when there are other quality

RE: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-27 Thread Rick Schummer
] Subject: Re: Anyone used SQL Express? Performance is really no different than the full version. I have 5 systems out there with 4 users on each server and the performance is more than adequate. Indeed. MSDE is just as powerful as SQL Server as far as the query engine goes, etc. The only

Re: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-27 Thread Grigore Dolghin
It is included in SQL Server, so my guess would be they have decided users have to pay for it... - Original Message - From: MB Software Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:33 PM Subject: Re: Anyone used SQL Express? Rick Schummer

Re: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-27 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
El Viernes 27 Octubre 2006 11:32, Charlie Coleman escribió: At 10:32 AM 10/27/2006 +0100, Paul Hill wrote: Hi All, I'm evaluating a client/server solution for an existing product. Does anyone have experience with SQL Express 2005 (aka MSDE) in a network environment? Pros/Cons? I'm

Re: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-27 Thread Grigore Dolghin
: Re: Anyone used SQL Express? At 10:32 AM 10/27/2006 +0100, Paul Hill wrote: Hi All, I'm evaluating a client/server solution for an existing product. Does anyone have experience with SQL Express 2005 (aka MSDE) in a network environment? Pros/Cons? I'm guessing performance will be a lot lower