Take a look at http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3358061 Latest MySQL Fails to Quiet Licensing Critics By Sean Michael Kerner
I haven't been tracking the changes to the MySQL license. Can you summarize the "peeved part"of the changes? Thanks. - Sri
William M.Conlon wrote:
> If cost is not an issue, Oracle sure looks great (but I would read the
> fine print on the license).
>
> Though I use MySQL, many in the open source community are a little
> peeved about changes being made to the MySQL license. Instead, take a
> look at Postgre SQL, which may already have most of the features you
> would be waiting for, and which is open source.
>
> Regarding migration, MySQL has a couple of quirks:
>
> Timestamp columns: the first timestamp column in a table gets auto
> updated, no matter what.
> If you have one varchar in a table, all character types become varchar.
>
>
> On Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at 03:09 PM, Wilcox, Jamileh (HSC) wrote:
>
> We run all of our databases on MS-SQL2000 or MS Access. (I've
> been slowly working towards moving all the Access databases to SQL.)
>
> We're considering changing database servers. Under discussion so
> far are Oracle and MySQL. The campus has a site license for
> Oracle, so purchase cost isn't much of a factor. I've been
> researching MySQL and it looks a bit limited (no stored procs yet,
> no scheduler/jobs/etc.), but the new version due out next year has
> a several of those features added (although I'm not sure *when* in
> 2005 it'll be available).
>
> How difficult is it to switch to MySQL or Oracle from MS-SQL? I
> realize there will be some conversion issues in any db migration
> (i.e., SQL language variations, datatype variations, etc.), but
> there appear to be tools available to assist with that. I'm
> mostly concerned about the learning curve and how long it would
> take to come up to speed on a new db.
>
> Does anyone have experience with such a migration, or experience
> with using more than one of these dbs? Any info or advice would
> be most appreciated!
>
> Thanks.
>
> jamileh
>
>
>
>
>
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