RE: Looking for a job...
MySQL is not only ISAM. You can actually choose the type of storage you want and the state-of-the-art is called innodb, which is now an Oracle product. > -----Original Message----- > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org > [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Double Echo > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 21:26 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Looking for a job... > > elanleblanc@yahoo.com wrote: > > Double Echo wrote: > >> ( IBM should be pushing Informix SE with PHP, and forget > about 4GL. > >> PHP _is_ the next generation 4GL. JGP maybe you should try to get > >> onboard with IBM and get them up to speed with PHP/Informix SE ) > >> > > > > Why with SE? Why not IDS? Cost? > > > > IDS is too complicated to compete against MySQL. It's not > even in the same ballpark. MySQL is an ISAM engine, SE is an > ISAM engine. Both require very little to make them work. > IDS competes with Oracle, Sybase, other shared memory > products that require an advanced knowledge base to make them > successful. > SE uses the filesystem to create tables in ISAM format, > requiring no dbspaces or special containers for the data. It > is slightly more sophisticated than BerkeleyDB, another big > owner of embedded databases that work at a more primitive > level than ISAM, typically used for .htaccess password databases. > > MySQL is easy to set up, easy to use, compatible with a lot > of implementations, both internal intranets and external > sites like you find with Internet Service Providers who love > MySQL, many who would offer Informix if it were painless to > install, and the license is the same as MySQL. A typical > MySQL ISAM installation takes 30 seconds, including putting > the /etc/init.d/mysql start/stop script in place, and > starting the daemon. > > There is NO license cost to set it up, install, and run > MySQL. If you want support you pay for it. See > www.mysql.com for support license costs. > > For example, ISP's install MySQL for the ease of use, > relatively maintenance-free environment, 30-second install, > and ISAM-tables that require only a mysqldump backup. > Restores are quick-n-easy too. Very easy to admin. A > typical ISP employs system admins that have to know very > little to maintain MySQL, not to mention third-party tool > providers like PLesk, Hsphere, phpMyAdmin and other web-based > website management tool providers that make the process > painless to administer using MySQL. They _only_ use MySQL > because it's easy to put in place. > > You will find more sophisticated sites using not only MySQL, > but PostGres, DB2, Oracle. But the website ball gets rolling > with the TRUE embedded database, MySQL. > MySQL is fast and integrates well with other database engines > simply because it is non-intrusive on a system. When you get > bigger datasets, then you get an appropriate engine. In the > meantime MySQL owns that space. Developers have to have a > no-BS offer to use a database engine. That typically means > ZERO cost out of pocket. > > BTW, there are many ISPs who are even offering MS-SQL-Server > for websites with an ISP license for those who just can't do > without ASP. ( MS-SQL-Server/ASP is the stack for Microsoft > developers. ) > > If you want to understand MySQL, go where MySQL lives, on web > servers. What web servers? Apache: > > http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/05/09/may_2006_web_serv er_survey.html > > If Apache is the number one web server, what are people doing with it: > > http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200604/apachemods.html > > > If a development suite were no charge (the tools and the database), > > but production/distribution was where the cost kicked in, > would more > > people develop on that base? > > > > Yes. If you want support you pay for it. But _YOU_ IBM > must have a MySQL > clone license if you want to go head-to-head with MySQL. > Until you do that developers will question whether or not it > is worth their time. You should include ISP's in your > marketing so they can become familiar with something a > developer would want to use. And you have to announce it > outside the Informix family, it has to show up on slashdot, > freshmeat, sourceforge, etc. > > Here's how it works. A developer buys a cheap PC, slaps FREE > Linux on it, then downloads or installs the version of MySQL > that they want. The license is completely out of the way ( > free ), so the developer knows they can develop like a raped > ape and make applications they know will work on practically > any Linux box, whether it's on a corporate lan or an > ISP-hosted system. Totally portable environment. Perl is > also big in this space. > > Now that I've done your research I'll send you an invoice. > > > Christine > > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > >