Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Tue Nov 15 03:05:22 CST 2011
Glad to hear this, Arthur. Your sentiments are just the same as what caused me to jump ship many years ago. What has your experience been so far? From a business point of view, I can see why Microsoft is doing this. They will get immediate returns, as many corporations are dependant on their products and there will be much friction to change, but it is also very short sighted and will only appease shareholders in the short run. When all is said and done, I find that MySQL is a very simple database and quick to get used to. It may lack a lot of bells and whistles that some of the more enterprise databases have, but I don't personally think many (or most) projects really require this. However, I do feel like I should plug PostgreSQL very quickly. It is a _very_ advanced database (dare I say, the only true open source enterprise database). It doesn't get as much attention, due to the fact that it is a much more comprehensive and advanced package, but it can certainly compete toe-to-toe with the heavy weights (and that's probably why it doesn't get nearly as much attention as MySQL does). But, if any of you need any help or advice on using or administrating MySQL (on a Linux platform, I'm afraid), I will be more than happy to help out. Perhaps we should add a new mailing list group just for this? - Hans On 2011-11-12, at 8:11 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > I have moved to MySQL for medium-to-large DBs and to SQLite for small DBs. > See ya, BillG and SteveB. I'm gone, reluctantly so, since I have spent the > last dozen or so years mastering MS-SQL, which I now realize was a complete > waste of time and energy. From now on, I'm going open-source solutions, and > I'm about to bolt from the whole Windows "solution" in favour of Ubuntu > and|or Mint (a fork from Ubuntu). Currently I run both these OSs as VMs > inside Oracle/Sun VirtualBox. but I am about to flip the whole system so > the basic boot is into Ubuntu and any Windows/Access sessions will be dealt > with in a VM. > > So long, Steve and Bill. It's been a slice, but I'm done with you guys. You > don't make life better; you only make it more expensive. And as a > semi-retired person, expenses matter significantly.I just calculated > December and realized that at the end of the day (after rent, hydro, net > connection etc.) I have a whopping $15 left for the whole month of > December. Wow. Party hearty. > > Not that I'm complaining. Were it not for our alleged socialist government, > I wouldn't receive so much as a dime; so I count myself in the set of Lucky > MoFus. > > Arthur > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Mark Simms <marksimms at verizon.net> wrote: > >> John - I think it's a poor strategy on Microsoft's part. >> IMHO: They should position themselves price-wise BETWEEN the >> ever-so-expensive Oracle and the ever-so-cheap MySQL. >> Instead, they appear to be moving towards trying to compete with Oracle... >> This is so "Balmer-like". >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd- >>> bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby >>> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 9:27 AM >>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; Sqlserver-Dba >>> Subject: [AccessD] New SQL Server license scheme is RADICALLLY more >>> expensive >>> >>> http://sqlserverperformance.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/sql-server-2012- >>> licensing-and-hardware-considerations/ >>> >>> The full retail license cost per physical core is $6874.00 for SQL >>> Server 2012 Enterprise Edition. >>> >>> I cannot imagine that there will not be a huge backlash about this from >>> clients and massive >>> switching to MySQL and the likes. >>> >>> I know that I will never purchase SQL Server 2010. >>> >>> -- >>> John W. Colby >>> Colby Consulting >>> >>> Reality is what refuses to go away >>> when you do not believe in it >>> -- >>> AccessD mailing list >>> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > > > -- > Cell: 647.710.1314 > > Thirty spokes converge on a hub > but it's the emptiness > that makes a wheel work > -- from the Daodejing > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com