The other options is that open source developers will put their eyes into other open source databases, maybe those with less restrictive licences (Firebird come to mind, but I’m biased here).
Read the full post.
I’d argue that Sun needs to tighten the reins on MySQL development, not let them go. Going forward, MySQL will need to work hard if it wants to stay in front of the low-end database business. It’s no longer the reigning speed king; if fast, SQL-based storage is all you care about, SQLite is a better alternative. And competing open source databases like PostgreSQL and Firebird offer better feature sets for exactly the same price as MySQL.
Read full article in Infoworld.
Exploring database delimited identifiers and case sensitivity: the effect of quoting table and field names in the various DBMS.
Article by Lorenzo Alberton
Do you know which open source feature is the most important? Do you know which open source database rocks and which one sucks? Is MySQL better than Postgres? Is Ingres worth considering? How does Firebird compare? Have you used, or have you considered using, an open source database?
Take a survey. It’s only 15 questions so it takes just a few minutes.
I’ll post a link where you can get the results once they have been compiled and prepared.
“From the MySQL User’s Conference, Sun has announced, and former CEO Marten Mickos has confirmed, that Sun will be close sourcing sections of the MySQL code base.”
Read the rest of the article on slashdot
There are many posts about firebird too
Also another interesting blog about this community split
I’m doing some performance tests today with our three different database backends: MySql, Firebird and SQL Server.
We have similar databases running on MySql, Postgresql and Firebird. One of the reasons for moving away from MySql was that the UTF8 support didn’t work properly.
Read the rest of the article here http://nikolajlindberg.blogspot.com/2008/03/firebird-vs-postgresql.html
The question is, is there a MySQL/PostgreSQL equivalent of LIMIT clause in Firebird?
Which one of the two would you choose and why?
