Which database...

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> On Wednesday 15 June 2005 3:47 pm, Kyle Plummer wrote:
> > Although not directly a linux question?  I have a client who is thinking
> > about using Oracle, IBM or MS SQL for a large DB project.  His question
> > to me is which is a more stable/reliable/scalable database?
> >
> > Thanks for your input.
> MS SQL locks you into a Windows server. 

MS SQL limits you in other ways, too.  I worked with a client who was 
using MS SQL Server Small Business.  The server was maxing out, so he 
spoke to MSFT about his options.  The Small Business licence/software is 
only designed for a certain load.  MSFT quoted him about $11,000 to go up 
to the next level.

He decided to take that $11,000 or so and put it towards rewriting the DB 
layer of the software to talk to MySQL instead ;)

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