[Info-vax] Databases versus RMS

[Paul Sture]

On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:22:01 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> 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.

True.

-- 
Paul Sture