Sun bought MySQL!
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I didn't read the whole article, but it says there that "This morning, Sun Microsystems announced plans to acquire MySQL AB." So I'm not holding my breath just yet. But anyway the MySql stuff doesn't look very good because they make a lot of money on the back of all the John Doe's doing patriotic work for the MySql codebase.
I was hoping that they'd go public so I can buy shares :( I wonder what stance Oracle will take.
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Clickety[^] :omg: Just saw this on slash dot
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"
So? With SQL Server Express, I see no reason to use anything else for most applications that require a database, and if the app needs something heavyweight, then SQL Server, not some open source DB, would be my recommendation. Marc
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So? With SQL Server Express, I see no reason to use anything else for most applications that require a database, and if the app needs something heavyweight, then SQL Server, not some open source DB, would be my recommendation. Marc
Indeed - especially as MySQL is on the GPL viral license model.
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Clickety[^] :omg: Just saw this on slash dot
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"
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So? With SQL Server Express, I see no reason to use anything else for most applications that require a database, and if the app needs something heavyweight, then SQL Server, not some open source DB, would be my recommendation. Marc
I don't know, Marc... Because is multi-platform? And because it's free and also faster than SqlServer? What do you think?
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So? With SQL Server Express, I see no reason to use anything else for most applications that require a database, and if the app needs something heavyweight, then SQL Server, not some open source DB, would be my recommendation. Marc
does SQL Server Express run on Linux, and come free with all linux-based hosting packages ?
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I don't know, Marc... Because is multi-platform? And because it's free and also faster than SqlServer? What do you think?
Actually, with decently big databases, SQL Server is way faster than MySQL...
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I don't know, Marc... Because is multi-platform? And because it's free and also faster than SqlServer? What do you think?
blackjack2150 wrote:
And because it's free and also faster than SqlServer?
Free yes, but I would be careful about "faster".
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So? With SQL Server Express, I see no reason to use anything else for most applications that require a database, and if the app needs something heavyweight, then SQL Server, not some open source DB, would be my recommendation. Marc
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Clickety[^] :omg: Just saw this on slash dot
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"
Reading the article... Facts on Sun Microsystems "34.200 employees worldwide" ..ummm.... how does one company have 0.2 of an employee???:confused: and a total of 34.2 worldwide, they must be cyborgs to do what they do.
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Reading the article... Facts on Sun Microsystems "34.200 employees worldwide" ..ummm.... how does one company have 0.2 of an employee???:confused: and a total of 34.2 worldwide, they must be cyborgs to do what they do.
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Some cultures use . instead of , to indicate thousands ... so in this case they mean 34,200 or alternatively just plain 34200.
My joke has been ruined :(( That is what I get for being clever.
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Reading the article... Facts on Sun Microsystems "34.200 employees worldwide" ..ummm.... how does one company have 0.2 of an employee???:confused: and a total of 34.2 worldwide, they must be cyborgs to do what they do.
Fred Szoldatits wrote:
Facts on Sun Microsystems "34.200 employees worldwide" ..ummm.... how does one company have 0.2 of an employee??? and a total of 34.2 worldwide, they must be cyborgs to do what they do.
LOL :laugh:
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Clickety[^] :omg: Just saw this on slash dot
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"
MySQL has been dead to me ever since they treated me like crap for daring to ask what requirements I had to fulfil to use it in a commercial application. Firebird is much better from everything I've ever read and it has served us well for years and on the commercial side SQL Express and SQL server fulfill the job nicely. It's nice to see there are so many sql products out there but let's be honest, all they really do in practical terms is keep the price of MS SQL server down.
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blackjack2150 wrote:
And because it's free and also faster than SqlServer?
Free yes, but I would be careful about "faster".
"Faster when you actually wouldn't need a database"? *snicker*
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Reading the article... Facts on Sun Microsystems "34.200 employees worldwide" ..ummm.... how does one company have 0.2 of an employee???:confused: and a total of 34.2 worldwide, they must be cyborgs to do what they do.
Fred Szoldatits wrote:
how does one company have 0.2 of an employee?
no, it's .200 of an employee. don't discard significant digits!
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My joke has been ruined :(( That is what I get for being clever.
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Fred Szoldatits wrote:
how does one company have 0.2 of an employee?
no, it's .200 of an employee. don't discard significant digits!
Chris Losinger wrote:
no, it's .200 of an employee. don't discard significant digits!
I was going to comment on the ability of an organization to have .001 of a person but I wasn't sure if that was going to far.
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I don't know, Marc... Because is multi-platform? And because it's free and also faster than SqlServer? What do you think?
blackjack2150 wrote:
Because is multi-platform?
ok, that's a good reason.
blackjack2150 wrote:
And because it's free and also faster than SqlServer?
Nothing is "free". And as to faster, I'd have to see some evidence of that. Marc
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does SQL Server Express run on Linux, and come free with all linux-based hosting packages ?
Chris Losinger wrote:
does SQL Server Express run on Linux
Losinger -1, Clifton - 0
Chris Losinger wrote:
and come free
As I said in another post, nothing is free.
Chris Losinger wrote:
with all linux-based hosting packages
Not interested in Linux, but yeah, if I were, I'd look at MySQL. So, Losinger 2.5, Clifton .5 ? Marc