Choosing the right database
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| Once you’ve answered these key questions, then you can begin to take a look
| at the options. As other community members already recommended, MySQL and
| PostgreSQL are two commonly used databases but, of course, there are many
| more.
|
| Knoda is a database frontend for KDE that allows users to create, alter, and
| delete tables, define and use forms, and even write your own extensions using
| the integrated Python interpreter.
|
| Kexi integrates directly into KDE and KOffice to provide data management. Use
| it to create database schemas, as well as insert, query and process data.
| Kexi can also be used without KDE on Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows. Be sure to
| check out this article to learn more about using Kexi as an open source
| alternative to Microsoft Access.
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http://sourceforge.net/community/choosing-the-right-database/
Open Enterprise Interview: Denis Lussier
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| The open source Postgres database stands somewhat in the shadow of MySQL,
| even though the software's roots go back much further. In part, that's
| because there has been a single company behind MySQL for over a decade now,
| whereas the commercial history of Postgres has been more chequered. Where one
| company, Great Bridge, tried and failed to establish a business around the
| program, EnterpriseDB has had more luck, not least because it employs many of
| the top Postgres hackers.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=734&blogid=14&pn=1
http://tinyurl.com/5b2yzb
On MySQL:
Trying to keep the customer satisfied
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| As I wrote at the time: “Another point Jon made was that the subscription
| model helps keep open source vendors on their toes as every year he gets to
| decide whether they will received another payment.”
|
| In other words, as Matt Asay put it: “the more happy he is with his
| commercial open-source software, the less likely he will be to pay for it.
| Why? Because his developers will acquire the expertise over time to support
| themselves and because the product will mature to the point that support will
| be less necessary.”
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/04/21/trying-to-keep-the-customer-satisfied/
Related:
MySQL chief to users: Don't expect big disruptions post-Sun
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| Are you hoping to try to sell more into what's been Oracle's turf?
|
| Mickos: We always say that we're not trying to eat Oracle's lunch. We're
| trying to eat their dessert.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10787_3-9919582-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Sun promises agenda-free MySQL development agenda
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| MySQL owners past and present opened the annual user's conference to
| re-assure them Sun Microsystems has no hidden agenda for the open source
| database.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/04/15/sun_mysql_promise_new_database/
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