The best tool for the job is?
I ran across an interesting conversation on today:
People seriously needs to stop equating the lackings of MySQL with lackings of real database systems.
But 'people' have reasons not to buy 'real' database systems; personally I don't care about the cost, but I do not want to work, get close to, manage or support anything that has to do with proprietary software. So I cannot buy one of these real systems. Most people do not want to spend the money on them. Different reasons; same result; MySQL is used the most as it is everywhere, free and opensource. So,for most people MySQL == databases. Not so for me, but I see where people are coming from.
The money quote is in bold.
This particular person is justifying his elaborate scheme of hacks to avoid the poor performance of mySQL with his refusal to use a known better tool....Not because of cost... but because of his religious dogma.
It concerns me that there are people in this industry this zealous. It is not good for the industry as a whole.
Posted by Jonathan Holland on 3/1/2009.
Tags: OpenSource mySQL Idealogy Dogma