[TriLUG] Interesting article: Ellison: Linux will wipe Microsoft out of the data center

[John Beimler]

Chris Hedemark wrote:

>
> On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 08:20 AM, Roy Vestal wrote:
>
>> Oracle's Ellison: Linux will wipe Microsoft out of the data center
>> http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742134
>
> [...]
> What Larry isn't telling you is that PostgreSQL is biting at Oracle's 
> heels on low to midrange database servers, much like Linux was doing 
> to Solaris (and Windows) 5 or 6 years ago.
>
The other thing to mention is the buzz around mySql. It doesn't have all 
the things that PostgreSQL or Oracle has, but its "good enough" for a 
lot of applications. Oracle even provides an "upsizing" tool to migrate 
from mySql to Oracle these days.

Peace.

john