Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 08:11:48 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Apache and databases Message-ID: <199809022011.IAA18822@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9809021454230.6273-100000@hub.org> References: <35ED92A7.2FD591D1@ibm.net>
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On 2 Sep 98, at 15:01, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, David Chamberlain wrote: > > > OK, so back to the original question. How do I do it? > > > > I saw a product called MySQL, which looks pretty good. I can probably > > figure out how to install that and make it work from the instructions. > > I'm biased...MySQL has a commercial-use license, so for someone > that is worried about buying more hardware, you'll probably want to avoid > using MySQL. Check out PostgreSQL (http://www.postgresql.org), which > falls under Berkeley license and is free for use, period. No "unless you > use it for this, or this or this"... Why did you mention the license in conjunction with "buying more hardware"? I'm confused. I understood that MySQL was free unless you were distributing a commercial product. In effect, if you are using it inhouse or giving away your product, there is no fee to be paid. Perhaps I missed the original poster's intentions. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - my [mis]adventures http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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