<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2655.72"> <TITLE>RE: MaxDB vs MySQL</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> The way I read it, and this is just my interpretation of it, is that the two are not the same and one does not require the other. I haven't tried this but I see no reason you couldn't run them both. You may have to tweak the configuration of one or the other to make sure you don't try to listen on the same port. MaxDB may be great but with all those extra features it probably uses a lot more system resources, I use MySQL because it doesn't consume a lot of system resources and is faster that way. I have no need of the features in MaxDB and wouldn't use it if it was the same as Oracle with a large footprint. I certainly hope they continue to develop against the MySQL line because to me faster is better. Regards, Drew -----Original Message----- From: Chris W. Parker [<A HREF="mailto:cparker@swatgear.com">mailto:cparker@swatgear.com</A>] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 12:04 PM To: redhat-list@redhat.com Subject: RE: MaxDB vs MySQL Edward Dekkers <<A HREF="mailto:edward@tripled.iinet.net.au">mailto:edward@tripled.iinet.net.au</A>> on Sunday, February 22, 2004 5:25 PM said: >> I know this is a bit off topic but was is the difference between >> MaxDB and MySQL? And if MaxDB is so much better than MySQL *and* >> it's free, why doesn't everyone use it? > > Was just looking at this the other day. > > The differences are listed at the MySQL website though. Doesn't their > write-up satisfy your curiosity? no. it doesn't. it talks about how great MaxDB is and how large enterprises use it, and how it lowers the TCO and blah blah blah. but it doesn't answer the questions i asked. is MaxDB a completely separate install or does it require that MySQL be installed first? similarly can you have both MaxDB and MySQL on the same computer? and again, if MaxDB is so great, why is MySQL still being developed? it would appear that MaxDB is already at the point where MySQL is headed, so why not just stop development work on MySQL? chris. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe <A HREF="mailto:redhat-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe">mailto:redhat-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe</A> <A HREF="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list" TARGET="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list</A> </BODY> </HTML>