MySQL Version 4

Richard Welty rwelty at averillpark.net
Sat Mar 13 21:40:43 UTC 2004


On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 20:53:11 +0100 Hans Müller <ndof at gmx.li> wrote:
> Am Samstag 13 März 2004 18:36 schrieb Richard Welty:
> > keep in mind that PostgreSQL is moving very quickly too, and doesn't
> > have the licensing issues that are causing confusion with MySQL.

> Yes i see. But MySQL has more API's

what matters is if it has a feature set that meets your needs.
just counting up raw numbers of APIs doesn't really accomplish
all that much.

there are three serious open source databases out there -- MySQL,
PostgreSQL, and Firebird. people will be serving themselves the
best if they do a proper evaluation of all three. each has strong points
and weak points, and things it does the best of the bunch.

richard
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Richard Welty                                         rwelty at averillpark.net
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