Alex, I read this article in eWeek a few months ago and I think it will answer a lot of questions about mySQL. I haven�t been using it for too long, and am frustrated by its lack of a good gui admin tool (there are a few out there � shareware type things around $50-100 or so, but not too many that are really good), BUT � it does seem to have the horsepower and ability now to support transactions to make it a viable option. Another open-source alternative that is VERY fast and has been ported to X is PostgreSQL. Another good alternative that�s a very easy db to work with is Primebase, which Robert G. has helped develop a front-end for. We�ve used all 3 of these options very successfully (on windows and mac).
Eweek article: http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=702&a=23115,00.asp Jason On 8/2/02 9:03 AM, "Alex Kac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > -- ____________________________________________________________________ Jason Pamental, President [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bathysphere Digital Media Services, Inc. http://bathyspheredms.com ____________________________________________________________________ Tel: 401.490.6830 Fax: 401.490.6831 ________________________________________ A North American Distributor for Witango (http://www.witango.com) Rapid Web Application Development - XML Execution Engine ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
