RE: [Plug] Re: SQL Databases

[Kyle Burton <mortis@voicenet.com>]

I know you can get a copy of Oracle for free...at least you could before.
And as far as I know, Oracle on linux is unrestricted -- I think they
were trying to get people to use it, and buy the support contracts after
the fact.  

I've seen people with copies of the Oracle for linux cd (and Oracle 
application server for that matter).  I know some people who went to an oracle
convention, and picked both up for free (oracle was giving them away).

I've used oracle under linux, and even though it's closed source, and 
you have to pay for the commerical support (which is a good thing IMO),
it's the most industrial stringth [enterprise] database I've laid my
hands on

for comparison, I've used [at least installed and tried] mysql, msql,
postgress, interbase, and sybase under linux.  Orace is for real.

thanks for listening to my opinion.

k

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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Andrew White wrote:

> It should also be noted that neither MySQL nor mSQL are free for
> commercial use.  In the past year, I've become a big fan of the
> PostgreSQL database.
> 
> PostgreSQL is a completely free and open-source under a BSD-style
> copyright. PostgreSQL has ODBC support:
> 
>   http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq-english.html#2.1
> 
> PostgreSQL also a a Linux-specific FAQ:
> 
>   http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-linux.html
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Charles Stack wrote:
> 
> > mySQL is great if you don't transactional support.  It is optimized for
> > queries.
> > 
> > You could also try Interbase 4 for Linux (free download) from
> > www.interbase.com.
> > 
> > cjs
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net
> > [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf Of Kyle Burton
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 10:09 AM
> > To: PLUG - Philadelphia Area Linux Users Group
> > Subject: [Plug] Re: SQL Databases
> > 
> > 
> > oh, and mysql is what slashdot uses...
> > 
> > 
> > k
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