Mysql install help

[Jeremiah Foster]

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 09:41 +0200, Billy Verreynne (JW) wrote:
> 
> Wade Smart wrote:
> 
> > I tried to do this, install mysql, some months ago but hit so many
> > obstacles that I just put it off. Now Im trying again.
> 
> Well, mySQL is a bunch of.. er.. smelly stuff. If you honestly need an
> Open Source rdbms (i.e. as in access to db core engine source code),
> use Firebird.
> 
Rubbish. MySQL is the leading open source database for a reason. It is
fast and rock solid. Not to slight postgres which is older and probably
more stable as well as geared to larger installations.

> If you need a -proper- database that is not only free, but is part of
> the leading technical database product suite on this planet, get
> Oracle XE.
> 
More rubbish. Is that database GPL'd? Can Oracle change it any time it
wants? Does it use the InnoDB - which is the same engine as MySQL which
Oracle bought?

> With Oracle XE you have a 5 user license, 

A nasty license at that.

> single CPU and 4GB db
> capability. It comes with HTMLDB which is a full blown web development
> system that only needs a web browser for developers to do their thing.
> (think of Microsoft Access on steroids, running via the web).
> 
I'd rather not think about Access at all.

> And Oracle XE works out-of-the-rpm on Ubuntu. And is -totally- free.

Don't use proprietary software. Ever.

jeremiah