[thelist] crash course in PHP/MySQL

Ken Schaefer ken at adOpenStatic.com
Tue Jan 28 23:28:01 CST 2003


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From: "Erik Mattheis" <gozz at gozz.com>
Subject: Re: [thelist] crash course in PHP/MySQL


: b. Get another Windows box and pay over three times as
: much in software alone as for an Xserve.
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Not sure where you're getting your pricing from, but looking at Apple's
online store here I can see (in AUD) a dual 1GHz machine with 512 MB RAM
going for $8995. I'm not sure what type of solution you're going to build
using mySQL that would require $27,000 worth of server software on an Intel
based machine.

I'm not trying to suggest you change what you want. But if you're basing
your selection on items like "b" above (and you really are open to looking
at the business value proposition), then it might be worth taking the time
to do the sums again.

Cheers
Ken




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