[DUG] Suitable Database for XE2 Pro

[Richard Vowles]

On 16 January 2012 22:01, John Bird <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz> wrote:

>
> Now that Oracle owns MySQL I heard some muttering that the best real open
> source DB out there is now Firebird – not sure how well Oracle is treating
> MySQL but going by how they are treating Dalbek (The version of Java Google
> uses to develop for Android) I would be worried (ie Oracle is trying to sue
> the pants off Google to get licence fees for Android. Would be like
> Embarcadero suing the Free Pascal organisation (same language, different
> compiler)
>


I think the Postgres crowd would disagree with you there :-) Remember MySQL
being GPL means you can't ship it with your app - unless you open source
your app or pay for MySQL. Both Firebird and Postgres are the only two
"main" fully open source databases.

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