Oracle responds to mysql concerns
joel garry
Already made it to slashdot, too.
jg
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http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2009/11/04/#20091104-android_mythbusters
Mark D Powell
> http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Oracle-Corporation-NASDAQ-ORC...
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> Already made it to slashdot, too.
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> jg
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Thanks for the link.
-- Mark D Powell --
Mladen Gogala
Quite frankly, I find that whining. They weren't crying about the big bad
corporation when they were acquired by SUN Microsystems? SUN was a
charity? Me thinks not. That is essentially the failure of the MySQL dual
licensing model: it's free, but it is produced by a corporation which
owns a copyright and is making a non-free version as well. The argument
that they're stifling competition is also ridiculous. There are many
databases with significant market share: MS SQL, DB2 and PostgreSQL all
have significant market shares. There are also specialized but strong
competitors like Teradata, Greenplum and Vertica, all of which make
profits. Those in need of free database can always switch to PostgreSQL,
it's an excellent engine and a clear and present danger to Oracle.
I used MySQL as DW engine because they had "engine=MEMORY" option and
their ODBC driver was way better than the one for Times10. Essentially,
data from Oracle RDBMS 10.2 is crunched using full table scans, parallel
query and lots of "group by" clauses, the result is inserted into an in-
memory MySQL database and the business users are notified that they can
use their clickety-click MS-Windows tools during the next week. Everybody
is happy as a clam. As a matter of fact, Perl scripts doing that are
still running. If MariaDB or Drizzle prove better than MySQL at that, I
will gladly use them.
It's Monty's whining that I find distasteful. Someone should tell him
always to look at the bright side of life. Not every database is sacred.