RE: [cobalt-users] mySQL and PHP

[Jerry Waugh <jwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > MySQL, while you have access to the source, you are still obligated to
> > purchase licenses.
> 
> You only have to purchase a license if you install or provide MySQL as a
> service
> for a third party. Even then it is only $200.
> 
> I did not mean to launch a war MyQSL vs PostreSQL. I just think that both
> are
> excellent products, and none really outweighs the other so much that one
> could
> say "Cobalt should only support MySQL" or vice versa.
> 
	I am not positive of this, but I believe that PostgreSQL has the
advantage that it meets or nearly meets SQL standards. I do know that
applications written for PostgreSQL will work with Sybase and Oracle data
bases.

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