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MySQL Beats Commercial Databases in Labs Test

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the dark-horses dept.

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."

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  1. Re:I like MySQL, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't usually reply to sigs, but:-

    There are 4 boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order. Starting now.

    . . . you forgot the money box, which allows a bigger soap box, to influence the ballot box, to allow you to influence the jury box, so that you can use the ammo box.

  2. This article forgets a few key points... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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