This is just breaking as the markets open
no mentions of MYSQL which is worrying….
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Subscribe [4]#1 / Apr 20, 2009 9:56am
This is just breaking as the markets open
no mentions of MYSQL which is worrying….
#2 / Apr 20, 2009 10:07am
Why is it worrying? Wasn’t mysql dying after it got purchased by sun? A few key developers already have forks because they were not happy the way sun was heading.
I think if Oracle kills mysql other databases will have a chance to grow, I don’t see web developers use Oracle en masse.
#3 / Apr 20, 2009 10:46am
I would much prefer Oracle buying Sun over IBM. IBM have made several terrible database systems that never lasted too long. At least Oracle have kept theirs going.
If MySQL dies a fully compatible open-source version will more appear pretty quickly, do not fear.
#4 / Apr 20, 2009 10:53am
I’m not sure they are fully compatible but check out this slashdot article. I think when mysql gets killed the question is which database is going to win the hearts of the hosting companies. Or are we going to adopt a cloud database?
#5 / Apr 20, 2009 5:46pm
Sqlite already has some headway. It has been implemented into alot of online applications and desktop ones. Alot of ruby on rails projects use it and is now set as the default database for rails. I wouldn’t mind getting familiar with it either. So if MYSQl dies, which i doubt it will then apart from losing alot of tools and learning a new database like sqlite it wouldn’t be the end of the world for me.
#6 / Apr 20, 2009 6:43pm
Well I dont think you can compare Mysql and Sqlite. Sqlite may not be suitable for large enterprise applications. For a real Open Source alternative theres PostgreSQL which already can be used on majority of webhosts.