Without going into a whole argument...technically MySQL is not free for commercial use. If you use MySQL in a commercial setting, internal or external, without purchasing a commercial license, you may do so only if the application that uses MySQL is also GPL (http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html). This is something that many companies (and developers) would prefer to avoid, for various reasons. PostgreSQL has no such requirement as it is distributed under the BSD license.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Tam, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:13 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: [OT] free Database with Transaction (Sorry for the noise) > > > MySQL does support transaction and it has JDBC Driver. If > you have read a > bit more in depth on MySQL website, you would have found what you are > looking for. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Skripczynski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 10:20 AM > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OT] free Database with Transaction (Sorry for the noise) > > > hi, > > I'm looking for a Database, that can do > - sql transactions, > (or anything similiar to sql - if it works with a xml > database, xml is fine) > - has a java 1.4.1 jdbc driver > - is free (even better if for commercial use) > > 'Mysql' was my first option, but it does not have transactions. > > In an _old_ computer magazine i found 'instantdb' but this one > seems to be discontinued. > > The database tables i want to create, are only for one application. > So a client server system or connection pooling are not neccessary. > > If someone knows what 'instantdb' is, its features seem to be enough. > Anything additional is good. > > But i think the 'free' statement reduces the return results to '0'. :( > > Ciao > > Jens Skripczynski > -- > E-Mail: skripi(at)myrealbox(dot)com > > In this world there are only two tragedies; one is not getting > what one wants, the other is getting it. > -- Oscar Wild > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
