I agree 100%: MySQL may be good for the back end of a little web site, but when you go to the real world you need a database that has at least the following (in a totally random order):
a. transactions
b. integrated hot backup and recovery programs
c. tools for reporting, data mining etc
d. a variety of indices: bitmaps, binary trees, join indices etc.
e. 24/7 technical support
f. support for decent machines like big motherfucking E10k's running Solaris, and not kiddie PCs with Leenooks.
err I could go I but I guess you get the picture. MySQL should stick to running Slashdot (with the limited uptime that it has), and let the men to the real work.
Oh, and as far as Sybase goes: I know it's quite popular in the banking sector right now, but from what I've heard some major banks are considering moving to DB2. A move for the better if you ask me.
The frightening thing about Windows development is how much languages need to have the support of MS
Actually nothing will change on the Java front. People doing Java development were not using MS development software in the first place as:
a. it sucked horribly, and
b. it was not real Java anyway
And they definitely do not depend on MS, that is the whole point of using Java.
Yes some support from Microsoft is necessary: that of Windows allowing a JVM to run. But it would be pretty difficult for MS to go as far as preventing that don't you think?
There are a lot of companies that do not see a product, business practice, language or whatever as being valid unles it has MS support
Yes, there are. But again, these are not the companies that were using Java in the first place.:-)
1. Because they each have 1 billion citizens.
2. Because their GDP has been growing at a dramatically faster rate than that of the Western countries.
3. Because they are investing heavily in technology.
Seriously, are you so uninformed about the world around you, that you have never heard about China and India becoming superpowers?
Hell, they already ARE superpowers!
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I agree 100%: MySQL may be good for the back end of a little web site, but when you go to the real world you need a database that has at least the following (in a totally random order):
a. transactions
b. integrated hot backup and recovery programs
c. tools for reporting, data mining etc
d. a variety of indices: bitmaps, binary trees, join indices etc.
e. 24/7 technical support
f. support for decent machines like big motherfucking E10k's running Solaris, and not kiddie PCs with Leenooks.
err I could go I but I guess you get the picture. MySQL should stick to running Slashdot (with the limited uptime that it has), and let the men to the real work.
Oh, and as far as Sybase goes: I know it's quite popular in the banking sector right now, but from what I've heard some major banks are considering moving to DB2. A move for the better if you ask me.
The frightening thing about Windows development is how much languages need to have the support of MS
Actually nothing will change on the Java front. People doing Java development were not using MS development software in the first place as:
a. it sucked horribly, and
b. it was not real Java anyway
And they definitely do not depend on MS, that is the whole point of using Java.
Yes some support from Microsoft is necessary: that of Windows allowing a JVM to run. But it would be pretty difficult for MS to go as far as preventing that don't you think?
There are a lot of companies that do not see a product, business practice, language or whatever as being valid unles it has MS support
Yes, there are. But again, these are not the companies that were using Java in the first place.1. Because they each have 1 billion citizens.
2. Because their GDP has been growing at a dramatically faster rate than that of the Western countries.
3. Because they are investing heavily in technology.
Seriously, are you so uninformed about the world around you, that you have never heard about China and India becoming superpowers?
Hell, they already ARE superpowers!