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| Jeff Davis 2005-10-27, 8:19 am |
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> The only real downside is that I could see MySQL developing a
> FirebirdSQL table handler if too much pressure is put on them. This
> might actually work OK since Firebird has an embeddable engine. If they
> do this then Oracle might end up with basically the personnel from the
> Innobase acquisition and very little else. Of course MySQL has
> progressed to the point where larger license fees might not alienate too
> many customers.
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Does the FirebirdSQL license allow MySQL AB to embed firebird and then
sell it commercially? Does any one entity own the copyright to
FirebirdSQL so that they could dual license it to MySQL AB?
If not, what's the advantage to MySQL using FirebirdSQL as opposed to,
say, PostgreSQL?
And as someone mentioned in a related comment, what does MySQL bring to
the table? Everyone would know that MySQL DB was really just FirebirdSQL
with a different frontend. The PR would be devestating to MySQL AB. Not
quite as bad as if they used PostgreSQL, but still bad.
Regards,
Jeff Davis
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| Martín Marqués 2005-10-27, 8:19 am |
| El Dom 16 Oct 2005 13:48, Jeff Davis escribió:
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> If not, what's the advantage to MySQL using FirebirdSQL as opposed to,
> say, PostgreSQL?
I think it's stupid to even think about an emmbedded PostgreSQL in MySQL. The
advantage of using InnoDB emmbeded in MySQL is that the former doesn't,
AFAIK, an SQL languaje. So Innodb gives transaction and RI, and MySQL gives
an SQL languaje.
Now, what would MySQL give PostgreSQL?
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| Jeff Davis 2005-10-27, 8:19 am |
| Martín Marqués wrote:
> El Dom 16 Oct 2005 13:48, Jeff Davis escribió:
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> I think it's stupid to even think about an emmbedded PostgreSQL in MySQL. The
> advantage of using InnoDB emmbeded in MySQL is that the former doesn't,
> AFAIK, an SQL languaje. So Innodb gives transaction and RI, and MySQL gives
> an SQL languaje.
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> Now, what would MySQL give PostgreSQL?
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That was my point. FirebirdSQL already provides the SQL language, so
what does MySQL offer that FirebirdSQL doesn't?
Regards,
Jeff Davis
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| Andrew Sullivan 2005-10-27, 8:20 am |
| On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 04:35:23PM -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
> That was my point. FirebirdSQL already provides the SQL language, so
> what does MySQL offer that FirebirdSQL doesn't?
Why, compatibility with MySQL's dialect of SQL, of course. Who else
can accept '2005-02-30' as a date? ;-)
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