Skippy's project <OT>

[David A. Bandel]

On Wed, 29 May 2002 11:23:26 -0500
begin  Stuart Biggerstaff <biggers at lindahall.org> spewed forth:

[snip]

> 
> If Back Office works on Win 98, or even WinNT WS/ Win2000 Pro that makes
> it an (expensive) option.  Without it, SQL Server is like MySQL or 
> Sybase--someone would have to quickly become a lot more of a database 
> expert than it sounds like they are.

I haven't followed this thread, and I follow even less this para (in fact,
just what _are_ you trying to say here?).  However, M$ bought their SQL
engine from Sybase (a pretty decent SQL server, BTW).  But to compare
either of them to MySQL is blasphemy to someone who knows about SQL
servers and what they are/do.  The operative word is ACID, and MySQL
isn't.  MySQL is a fancy filesystem.  It lacks atomicity, referential
integrity (a pretty big deal all by itself), and can even be argued to
lack consistency.  In fact, about the only thing that can be said for
MySQL is that it's fast.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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