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MySQL Beats Commercial Databases in Labs Test
An anonymous reader writes "Many of the big players now offer free or 'light' versions of their databases, some would call them crippleware. Builder AU compared databases from Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and MySQL, and the open source offering came out on top."
Remember MySQL is a crippled database, thus comparing it to crippled pay-for commercial offerings is completely fair. Both are meant to be tasters as to what can be offered by a proper, fully fledged database.
So they happen to sell adult movies on DVD. People spend big money on that.... so I hear.
On the bright side, pretty much all of Oracle's stuff is free for development use.
Developers, developers, Developers, DEVELOPERS.
It's not just for Microsoft anymore.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
I guess you better sit down before you hear how much support costs. :)
The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
Seymour Cray built a very succesful computer company on the idea of getting a wrong answer quickly.
with crippled versions of said commercial products?
The poster meant differently abled versions.
Happy random day in December!
"MySQL Beats Commercial Databases in Labs Test"
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