[Info-vax] Databases versus RMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/22/2012 6:33 PM, Paul Sture wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:06:19 -0400, JF Mezei wrote:
>> Well this is depressing. I had to use Google to get the meening of GIYF
>> :-( Maybe I should just flip burgers at a McDonalds and not have to
>> worry about any of that.
>
> Try PostgreSQL instead?

> And as a bonus, the documentation was more suited than the MySQL
> equivalent for folks with a VMS background.

PostgreSQL is a nice database.

But I would not consider it easier to manage than MySQL.

One thing worth noting is that PostgreSQL is more similar to
Oracle while MySL is more similar to SQLServer/Sybase.

> Oh, did I mention that MySQL is now owned by Oracle?  That in itself is
> enough reason to make me nervous about deploying it in a commercial
> environment.

Oracle can not really do anything.

The code is GPL.

And there are already a bunch of forks around.

Arne