[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

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On Mar 22, 7:09 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
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> > Compared with Rdb, MySQL is more of a joke then anything else... :-)
>
> Not exactly geared towards the same requirements.
>
> But if MySQL on VMS works as well as on other platforms, then it
> is a good solution for many purposes.
>
> (I have never use MYSQL on VMS, so I don't know)
>
> Arne

Well, the underlying relational database used by default on OpenVMS is
now owned by Oracle, so you can expect it to stop being free any
second now.  On "other platforms" MySQL uses an indexed file system
which is far less robust than RMS.  I'm actually kind of shocked that
the VMS version of MySQL didn't get ported to use RMS indexed files
directly, but some would think that meant they could use it like
PowerHouse which would be far from true.

If you wish to see an actual comparison you should get a copy of this
book:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Minimum-You-Need-to-Know-to-Be-an-OpenVMS-Application-Developer/Roland-Hughes/e/9780977086603/?itm=1