RE: Oracle DB for $5K?
C. K. Lester wrote:
> Ray Smith wrote:
> >C. K. Lester wrote:
> My point was, with so many free, almost-as-powerful if not as powerful
> databases available on the market, what foo- person- is going to
> purchase a $5K database?!
Because Oracle is a large stable company who has been in the DB
business for many years and has a proven track record of being 1 of
the top 2 DB providers.
The point being that most people who make big decisions do so on the
performance of other people you have made similiar decisions in the
past.
The old line "No one was ever fired for buying IBM" (Now Microsoft I
guess) means that if others choose Oracle in the past and it worked ...
then people will choose Oracle in the future.
It takes the brave to choose other options, and if these decisions
are high profile and successful a shift begins. If these brave
people choose something else and it fails ... they get fired!
> >I'm not an Oracle freak by the way.
> >
> We know, Ray. You're just a plain freak. hehehe. Joking! :P
You're probably right :)
> >Personlly I'm a big PostrgeSQL and Firebird fan so if I wanted to a
> >DB I'd choose one of those. (both 100% free).
> >
> I've always had a leaning toward PostgreSQL, but it seems MySQL might be
>
> catching up, don't you think?
MySQL has been improving. It still has better support for Windows.
PostrgeSQL is still the most complete Open Source DB for the *nix
platform.
Firebird (the open source Interbase) always seems to get forgotten
when talking about Open Source DB's. Firebird is really really good
and more people should seriously consider it.
Regards,
Ray Smith
http://rays-web.com
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