[luau] Database Presentation Info Needed

Dustin Cross dusty at sandust.com
Sat Apr 27 15:39:56 PDT 2002


Warren,

I did a little research for ya.  I was suprised to see that most of the
comparisons are between MySQL and Postgres and not many of the comercial
DBs.

http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/0-7537-8-6580620-1.html
http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev090301.htm
http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-06/mysql_01.html
http://jamesthornton.com/acs/benchmarks-ora817-pg703.html
http://www.vitavoom.com/postgresql.html
http://www.devx.com/dbzone/articles/renaker02/Renaker02-1.asp
http://php.weblogs.com/adodb_benchmarks
http://php.weblogs.com/oracle_mysql_performance


Dusty


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 4/26/02, 10:54:42 PM, "Warren Togami" <warren at togami.com> wrote
> regarding [luau] Database Presentation Info Needed:
>
>
>> This semester I have been taking ICS321 at University of Hawaii on
> databases
>> where we were forced to use MS SQL 2000 and Visual Basic. =(
>
>> Fortunately, I have approval from the instructor to do a short 20-30
> minute
>> presentation on Open Source databases in class on Saturday, May 4th.
> This
>> may be the only chance that these ~50 people would have to be exposed
>> to Open Source software, so I want this presentation to be effective.
>
>> I hope to show examples of MySQL and PostgreSQL, along with a few
>> slides showing the benefits of Open Source, effectiveness of OSS
>> databases, the languages like PHP, perl and python, and especially the
>> economic benefits
> in
>> price.
>
>> On one of the diagrams will be a side-by-side comparison of MySQL,
>> PostgreSQL, and commercial databases like MSSQL, DB2, and Oracle.  I
> could
>> use some assistance in putting together this chart of key similar and
>> different features that these products support.
>
>> Any convincing arguments for Linux based commercial databases over MS
> SQL?
>> (target audience)
>
>> Any good Open Source data modeling and management tools with similar
>> functionality to MS SQL Enterprise Manager?  My presentation is
>> currently lacking some decent GUI tools and screenshots.  I don't want
>> to scare
> them
>> with command line stuff just yet. ;)
>
>> Any other useful resources and tips that may help this presentation?
>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Warren Togami
>> warren at togami.com
>
>
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