Re: [News] Sun CEO: OpenOffice.org Reaches 2,000,000-3,000,000 New Users PER WEEK

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On 2009-03-09, Ezekiel <there@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> Except that nobody is talking about paying a $1 for every little service 
>>> or
>>> library. We're talking about $1 for a full blown RDBMS system not some
>>> little utility or library.
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>>    It rather depends on where you're looking from.
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>>    That's kind of the point. Also, mysql is not a "full blown RDBMS 
>> system".
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> Depending on exactly how you want to define "full blown RDBMS" opinions 
> will vary. But it's certainly a large and capable database server.

    No. There are some basic management features that would be considered
a critical part of any sort of server/service/daemon

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>> For those of us that do serious work in this area,
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> I do work in this area.
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>> it's more like an embedded
>> db or some sort of transaction accelerator.
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> No... it's not at all like an "embedded db" or transaction accelerator. 
> There happens to be a light-weight "embedded" version by MySQL also has 
> enterprise and cluster grade versions of the product. Using your 

    Which weren't a part of the discussion. 

> characterization of MySQL as just an "embedded db" would mean that Linux is 
> more like a "embedded OS."

...an embedded OS that runs 1024 CPU NUMA systems.

   OTOH, mysql doesn't even come with automated crash recovery "out of the 
box". This greatly reduces it's usability even as an "embededded DB".

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