[thelist] Database Licensing Question

[Raditha Dissanayake]

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>>:-) For someone on the windows platform i would say there is little
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>>reason to use mysql anymore.
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>Well... scalability would be one... MSDE is restricted to 2GB database size, 
>and 5 concurent users... and when you need to scale to MSSQL your licenses go 
>through the roof.
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I am largely in agreement with your entire post except for this point. 
Though mysql databases can be > 2GB their license fees ( at least 
according to their own interpretation of the GPL) aren't cheap.

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Raditha Dissanayake.
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