Open Source vs. the Database Vendors

bhmit1 writes "BusinessWeek has another spread on open source this week. Among them is an article about open source vs. the database vendors which focused on how businesses are looking to save money with open source (rather than using the source to innovate). From the article: "The databases work fine, but as data volume grows, so do the checks to Oracle, IBM, or Microsoft. Many users aren't clamoring for more features, and some don't even use the bells and whistles they already paid for. They would happily trade some to get their hands on the source code and a better deal." Disclaimer: that quote came from Sony."

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Re:I like my 3 CD DB downloads from oracle

[jedidiah]

Actually, it's the other way around. If you can't tell someone why you don't need a commercial database then more than likely you have no business using a liberated one. The problem with databases isn't the cost of Oracle, it's the value of the data stored therein and the cost of downtime. Unless you can intellegently asses all of that, mysql risks more than it can save.