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  1. Sybase Releases Free Enterprise Database on Linux

    Linux · Database · · posted by CowboyNeal · from the everyone's-favorite-price dept. · 386 comments
    Tassach writes "Sybase announced today that they are releasing a free (as in beer) version of their flagship database for Linux. The free version is limited to 1 CPU, 2GB of RAM, and 5GB of data, which is more than adequate for all but the most demanding applications. This release provides a very attractive alternative to Microsoft SQL Server, and gives developers and DBAs an extremely powerful argument to use against the adoption of Microsoft-based solutions. For those who are unfamiliar with the product, Microsoft's version of Transact-SQL is nearly identical to Sybases's. This high degree of similarity makes porting applications between the two platforms very easy. Sybase is supported by numerous open-source projects, including sqsh (SQL shell), FreeTDS, and SybPerl."

  2. Migrating From MS/IIS to Linux/Apache?

    Ask · Linux · · posted by Cliff · from the hard-to-port-(or-was-that-starboard) dept. · 16 comments
    Mixhaus asks: "I'm trying to promote the Linux culture in my company. I want to migrate or at least start all new web projects on a Linux/Apache setup. Currently all the development is done on IIS/ASP with MSSQL 7.0. Has anybody done this kind of migration before? Any suggestions?"

    "These are some of the questions that come up to my mind:

    • Be able to migrate IIS to Apache first, and still be able to access the MSSQL databases (FreeTDS?)
    • Use a scripting syntax similar to ASP so that the programmers don't have much of a headache learning new stuff (PHP looks like a solution).
    • Migrate MSSQL 7 to MySQL, PostgreSQL or other (Which one is better for web development?)
    • Web log reports (I need to generate reports on the web site usage. What weblog report generators are available for Linux? Which ones do you use? Are there any that generate graphs, charts, etc..?)
    Thanks to the whole Slashdot Community!"