First, I agree with others that the distinction between physical and digital threats is blurred, and needs to be broken out as a separate alternative. Shutting down a power grid and blowing up a nuclear reactor are vastly different things to accomplish, and have vastly different results.
Second, I agree with others that the costs of homemade warfare are most definitely not restrictive. That sarin gas was much more expensive than a good old-fashioned bomb, which would have done much, MUCH more damage on the subway.
Third, one skilled tech can do a whole heckuva lot more damage than a well-funded attack squad that lacks the right experience. The costs are non-existent, as the motives of those capable are rarely understood... I do not believe that you can buy skill, at least of the world-class variety, but there are those with the needed skills that are interested in just about any major issue out there - and are willing to fight for the cause they believe in. The people with those skills exist, and they will do what they can (it is human nature after all); and I am just glad that we can open a dialog and be aware of the possibilities.
MySQL - small, hideously fast, limited features Oracle - huge, all-you-can-eat features
Pretty much up to you, I'd use MySQL for a smallish app and move to Oracle when I needed more than simple SQL support.
NOTHING can keep up with MySQL's speed, but sometimes you need more - transactions, relational integrity, stored procedures, triggers, row-level locking, remote synchronization, expensive books...
I work with a site that takes 2M hits/day, and all pages are DB driven. We used MySQL at first, and now are moving to Oracle for integrity, reliability, and scalability issues.
I think having MySQL and Oracle are all you would need, as they complement each other well.
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First, I agree with others that the distinction between physical and digital threats is blurred, and needs to be broken out as a separate alternative. Shutting down a power grid and blowing up a nuclear reactor are vastly different things to accomplish, and have vastly different results.
Second, I agree with others that the costs of homemade warfare are most definitely not restrictive. That sarin gas was much more expensive than a good old-fashioned bomb, which would have done much, MUCH more damage on the subway.
Third, one skilled tech can do a whole heckuva lot more damage than a well-funded attack squad that lacks the right experience. The costs are non-existent, as the motives of those capable are rarely understood... I do not believe that you can buy skill, at least of the world-class variety, but there are those with the needed skills that are interested in just about any major issue out there - and are willing to fight for the cause they believe in. The people with those skills exist, and they will do what they can (it is human nature after all); and I am just glad that we can open a dialog and be aware of the possibilities.
Last, there are a few typos. Really.
- mitchy
MySQL - small, hideously fast, limited features
Oracle - huge, all-you-can-eat features
Pretty much up to you, I'd use MySQL for a smallish app and move to Oracle when I needed more than simple SQL support.
NOTHING can keep up with MySQL's speed, but sometimes you need more - transactions, relational integrity, stored procedures, triggers, row-level locking, remote synchronization, expensive books...
I work with a site that takes 2M hits/day, and all pages are DB driven. We used MySQL at first, and now are moving to Oracle for integrity, reliability, and scalability issues.
I think having MySQL and Oracle are all you would need, as they complement each other well.