[Info-vax] Databases versus RMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/24/2012 5:31 AM, Paul Sture wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:06:24 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>
>> On 4/23/2012 10:00 AM, Paul Sture wrote:
>>>
>>> To be honest I think the best way forward is to keep your options
>>> open., and have a backup plan for each of the products you rely on.
>>> Products can not only disappear but veer off in directions you don't
>>> want to go.
>>
>> It helps quite a bit just by going open source.
>>
>> If there is interest in staying the old course after a change in course,
>> then the code can be forked.
>
> Only if you have the resources to do a fork.  The problem with a fork is
> ensuring there are enough folks to maintain an interest in it.  Keeping
> up with security alerts alone could potentially consume quite a bit of
> time.

It requires a certain level of community support.

But neither MySQL nor PostgreSQL should have any problems
mobilizing that.

Arne