Re: PHP 5.0.0 Beta 1 : alternatives to MySQL?

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Alessandro Bottoni wrote: > OK, PHP 5.0 raises (or, better, it inherits from MySQL) a licence issues that > hurts the people who develops commercial software on a open source platform > so, which are the alternatives? How does PHP 5 hurt people who develop commercial software? > PostgreSQL: is PGSQL LGPL'ed? (that is: is it possible to develop and sell > commercial software without incourring in licence issues with PGSQL?) Yes, just like it is possible with MySQL. > Firebird (ex Borland/Imprise Interbase): is Firebird LPGL'ed? Dunno. > Is there any other LPGL'ed RDBMS we should take into account? How about the > old (and limited) mSQL? How about the (ghost-like) GNU SQL? How about Btrieve? mSQL? Hahahaha. So badly non-free it doesn't enter the equation. I didn't know GNU did an SQL server. > Could this be the opportunity to switch to something more sophisticated, > like an Object Oriented Database or a system designed since its beginning > for DB replication and/or disconnected operations? (For example: how about Perhaps, if that's what gets you going. There are definite advantages to going to an OODBMS, but I don't know if the benefits (ease of interfacing to code) outweigh the performance problems that all OODBMS that I've seen suffer from. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <disclaimer.h> Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16