I'm very happy with PostgreSQL (www.postgresql.org) I believe MySQL has better and more elaborate administration GUIs than Postgres.
I only have experience with Postgres from the command prompt, where it behaves a lot like a well thought out version of Oracle. Backups and restores are very easy. Good SQL client. Support for everything. Commercial support available. On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Alex Kac wrote: > Here�s a more on-topic question for here.... > > We�re a Win2k shop looking to move to OS X Server 10.2 on XServe. Currently > we�re running SQL Server 2k � but frankly, part of my goal is to get rid of > all MS software for our servers. There are quite a few reasons for this, but > I won�t elaborate. > > Now, my budget is already going to go down the tubes with the XServes...and > possibly WiTango (price still matters, and I�ll say that a large part of my > reluctance to embrace paying $$$ for WiTango 5 is the price and my viewpoint > that yes, its just an SP2 derivative). But you don�t want to skimp on the > database. So...I may just keep one of our servers for SQL Server � but what > low cost or freeware databases do you suggest? MySQL is what many people > seem to use, but from my reading � not experience mind you � its not a > �real� database. Yet large sites like SlashDot and others run off it just > fine. > > I�m not looking for a database war here, I�m not looking for support options > � I�m just asking from what you currently run or have run in the past � what > do you recommend? > > -- > Alex Kac, CEO/Developer > > Innovation in Personal and Business Information Management > http://www.pocketinformant.com/ > > zoomzoom > > > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
