i'm using mysql for a couple of my apps as a database backend and it was more
of a natural choice:
- easy to install - installs on windows and linux (though more easily on linux
with tools like apt etc.)
- easy to connect to (from various programming languages)
- good documentation (database and driver)
- no problems at all
- don't have to pay for it
the fact that it is open source is not at all a fact that motivated me to
choose mysql. i think 99,999% of all application developers wouldn't even
consider changing the source of the database.
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Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. April 2007 19:33
An: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Betreff: Re: IBM to start selling MySQL products
Do people really think that developers embrace MySQL because it is open
source and is therefore easy to write programs that interface with it? How
many of these developers actually modify the open source code and resubmit
it to the open source committee? Or are these developers gobbling down
MySQL because it's free? We contracted with one developer to develop an
application to talk, via Java, to SQL server. He originally developed it
on MySQL. Was that because he could customize MySQL, or because MySQL is
free?
I am also sure that once MySQL has reached a certain level of saturation
that, at it's price, it became the defacto standard for numerous
applications. Does anything that MySQL would be as popular as it is if,
although still open source, you had to pay a license for each
installation. Gee, you'd still be able to customize it to your hearts
content (like that really happens that often).
Rob Berendt
midrange.com
