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Free Software, Get What You Pay For?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the never-had-to-look-for-a-refund dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Xooglers blog is running an interesting article on how big businesses may start out running free software but there is always the continued question of 'Should we go with something "real"?' at some point in their evolution. How often are technologies like PHP, Perl, and MySQL being pushed out once startups get managers who know nothing about the technology and only worry about name brands?"

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  1. Free vs. non-free misses the point. by rollingcalf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    MySQL isn't a real database. Certainly not before version 5.0, at least.

    However, upgrading to a real database didn't have to involve an expensive commercial brand. They could have moved to another free database like PostgreSQL.

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