Road Test: Four Databases Tested
“Databases are by no means an easy product category to understand. Many of the big players now offer free or “light” versions of their databases, but comparing them all is no easy task — as we found out.
For many businesses, a database is the vital organ that lives, breathes, and protects precious data — the treasured jewel of their enterprise. Everything they know, and every way to know it, is dictated by these all-powerful tools.”
Builder has a comparison of newer databases, a bake-off, that looks at “lightweight” databases SQL Server Express, MySQL, Oracle 10g, and IBM DB2 Express.
eWeek has an excellent counterpoint to the bake-off, specifically as it relates to the true costs of MySQL compared to other databases. The Builder test may not be a fair comparison.
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