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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:Correctness isn't negotiable by dbucowboy · · Score: 0, Troll

    What crackhead MySQL developers have you been talking to?

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    This just in! 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population.
  2. Re:its not my sqls job to gaurentee data integrity by beast6228 · · Score: 0, Troll

    "MySQL is a joke?"

    Then why does everyone use it?

    "This is still a hobbiest toy"

    Then why does most everyone use it then?
    Why do most webhosting companies use it?
    Why do most webhosting companies use linux?

    Do a search for webhosting, try to find the best and most reliable host on the internet. You will see that they offer Linux and MySQL as their flagship platform.

    I won't comment on data integrity, it's up to the database programmer to decide on which features of MySQL he will be using to incorporate into his application. As they say, there are workarounds for almost everthing. If MySQL was so bad or so lacking, then nobody would use it.

    Right?

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    ~Later~