Re: Re: How important is your Express or Web Edition database? Please weigh in--

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Shawn McKenzie <nospam@mckenzies.net>wrote: > Stan Stadelman wrote: > > Hello All: > > > > I'm trying to see how Web Edition databases are being used in your > company > > for PHP-driven web-apps. Our strategy team thought that free and > community > > editions would be dominant, but we interviewed Zend Framework developers > > using Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and it looks > > like--surprise--that each vendors' market share is about the same as in > the > > broad commercial market. > > > > We think this means that you--the PHP developer community--aren't > actually > > using the lightweight Web/Express Edition for your corporate web-app > > deployment, and instead are building out on the licenses for databases > your > > company is already running. > > > > Is the Express/Community/Web Edition important for you at work? Is it a > > critical sandboxing step for you? Do you run it live for internal > > applications? > > > > Answering these 10 multiple choice questions--should take about 90 > > seconds--will help us understand what databases you need in your > > professional life, and how to deliver them to you. > > > > Happy cooking, and thanks! > > > > > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Jro0rkoIGJKuQNpfWZV_2bBQ_3d_3d > > > > What exactly are, Express or Web Edition databases? > > -- > Thanks! > -Shawn > http://www.spidean.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Just another marketing tool to sell a limited toolset db to punters who like marketing hype -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat