From owner-freebsd-stable Fri May 11 1:56:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dilbert.fcg.co.uk (dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk [194.203.69.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBC0C37B422 for ; Fri, 11 May 2001 01:56:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk) Received: from pfrench by dilbert.fcg.co.uk with local (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14y8ix-000JEA-00; Fri, 11 May 2001 09:56:35 +0100 To: roelof@eboa.com Subject: Re: Oracle, Cc: des@ofug.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, ixkatl@yahoo.com, jeckermann@verio.net, kenm@icarz.com In-Reply-To: <3AFB4F6C.8E87B813@eboa.com> Message-Id: From: Pete French Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 09:56:35 +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Goody, an argument! > 3 : something for a child to play with If you accept that children often play with things that are highly useful to adults then theres no argument... > Now your cooking! MySQL is perfect for its niche. This is what = > everybody > has been saying. Yet it is not for all niches, as you have been = > agreeing. > So, again, what is the argument? The argeument is that whether it's niche is merely something for children to play with. Its fairly obvious that it isnt - there are many non trivial applications for which transaction support isnt necessary - so I think you are just using the word to annoy people and start an argument. -pcf. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message