__/ [ JEDIDIAH ] on Thursday 25 May 2006 14:29 \__
> On 2006-05-25, Michael B. Trausch <michael.trausch.no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Gustavo Vasquez wrote in
>><1148512045.097871.311540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Wed, May 24 2006
>> 19:07:
>>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> Open Source Soaks Database Market
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Open-source database software, once a curiosity, is becoming a force
>>>> | in the $13.8 billion market.
>>>> |
>>>> | Ingres, MySQL and a handful of other open-source providers accounted
>>>> | for license, maintenance and subscription revenue of $100 million in
>>>> | 2005, an increase of 47%, according to a report by Gartner analyst
>>>> | Colleen Graham.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
>>
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/tech/software/10287856.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
>>>
>>> Gee wiz. 100 mil of the 13.8 billion database market is way less than 1
>>> percent. Is this some sort of joke or something. Now wait, you and your
>>> headline is a joke.
>>>
>>
>> That's just the tangible figures. You forget: Open source software
>> revenue is not going to be as high as one might expect, and there is no
>> real
>
> There is very likely a 5:1 or 40:1 difference between what something
> like MS, IBM or Oracle would see as revenue for one licensed seat and what
> mysql/postgres would.
While we focus on this factor which is cost, I would like to allude to
performance as well. According to this benchmark, MySQL is better than
Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft databases.
http://www.builderau.com.au/architect/database/soa/Road_test_Four_databases_tested/0,39024547,39224962,00.htm
Worth a quick glance. It's not surprising that Oracle wanted to buy (i.e.
eliminate) MySQL and Sony ditched Oracle in favour of MySQL.
http://news.com.com/Oracle+tried+to+buy+open-source+MySQL/2100-7344_3-6040197.html?tag=nefd.lede
http://www.computerpartner.nl/article.php?news=int&id=2804
In fact, Oracle released an Open Source database yesterday: BerkeleyDB, I
think it was called.
> Mrs. Puff needs deflated. MySQL is the needle.
>
> [deletia]
Mrs. Deletia need some puff. *smirk*
Best wishes,
Toy
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