On September 2, kialllists@redpie.com said:
Er, no it's not. It's kinda BSD-related, but it's definitely not
waider@waider.ie / Yes, it /is/ very personal of me.
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RE: [ILUG] Drop in replacement for Ingres Database?
[ILUG] Drop in replacement for Ingres Database?
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> From: Paul Linehan [mailto:plinehan@yahoo.com]
>
> There are two open alternatives that I can think of
> that don't appear to have been mentioned
> elsewhere in this thread.
>
>
> One is Firebird (this is my personal favourite).
> It is http://FirebirdSQL.org and you can
> purchase support contracts here
> www.ibphoenix.com.
Indeedy - I had never even heard of firebird until we started a new job
last week with a client who uses it.  So we popped it onto a box
downstairs and wow - it is fast.  Comes with some lovely client tools
also.  Supports all the db goodies, transactions, stored procedures,
triggers.
> It's really amazing to think how much they've got
> out of a db that is only 4 MB in size - that's 10
> times smaller than the Oracle *_client_*.
>
>
> Having said all of the above, Oracle is really
> a super product, but ya pays ya money...
>
IBM's db2 is another cheaper alternative to Oracle.  Free single
developer license downloadable from their website.
Fergal.
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