the best answer might be "c" - none of the above. if you *really* want to learn DB stuff you can use oracle. my understanding is that it doesn't cost anything unless you license it to use in production, for development/training it's free (as in beer, of course).
jason On Thursday 03 April 2003 11:06, Roy Vestal wrote: > Here's a question: to learn the basics of db admin, should I use > MySQL, or Posgres? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Turnpike Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 10:57 AM > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Interesting article: Ellison: Linux will wipe > Microsoft out of the data center > > > I agree... MySQL is great for home grown apps like on personal > > websites... > > even > > > small apps in business... threat to Oracle? nah... > > > > David M. > > > > --- Chris Hedemark wrote: > > > Our guys have collectively turned their noses up at MySQL after > > > trying it on one production application. Some of the standard > > > features they expected from an RDBMS were not there, and they had > > > to do messy SQL to get around it. Don't shoot the messenger. I > > > don't think MySQL is a serious threat to Oracle, or at least it > > > won't be in the next 5 years. PostgreSQL isn't as fast for us as > > > Oracle on the same hardware, but the money saved can justify > > > faster hardware (and a lot of change left over). The feature set > > > is there, the scalability is there. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > > http://tax.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > TriLUG mailing list > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
