[dba-Tech] It is time to dump MySQL - NOT

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Thu Jul 11 22:04:27 CDT 2013


I followed the link in that article to

http://blog.smartbear.com/open-source/5-reasons-to-stick-with-mysql/

I find the second page makes a much more compelling argument for NOT dumping your 
current investment MySQL.

-- 
Stuart

On 11 Jul 2013 at 16:32, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> There are many compelling reason to dump MySQL and those reason grow and
> become stronger every day. I will predict that within five years only those
> developer scared of any future change will still be using the product.
> 
> According to some monitoring, MySQL downloads have been dropping at an
> incremental increasing rate per year. This year was three percent, next year
> may be five or even eight percent and so on. We have not witnessed such a
> exodus since IE 6.
> 
> Here is a list of five compelling reasons to move on.
> http://blog.smartbear.com/open-source/5-reasons-its-time-to-ditch-mysql/
> 
> Jim 
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