Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Open Source Databases "50% Cheaper"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-forrester-speaks dept.

pete314 writes, "Open source databases can cut the total cost of ownership of a database by up to 60% compared to the cost of running proprietary databases from Oracle, Microsoft or IBM. According to data collected by Forrester Research, the savings average about 50%. Open source databases however still struggle to reach mission-critical enterprise applications because enterprises perceive them to be less secure and stable."

1 of 276 comments (clear)

  1. This just in! by businessnerd · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This just in, 0 is less than 100!

    Seriously did someone really need to do a whole study to determine this and then write an article telling the world? Or is this just a advertisement to all of the clueless CIOs out there who have never heard of MySQL or PostgreSQL?

    --
    "It's not whether you win or lose, it's how drunk you get." -- H. J. Simpson