[ Thanks to Paul
Shread for this link. ]
“It used to be that open source software was the niche of
uber-geeks and programmers who weren’t afraid to get dirty in the
code. And no wonder; it was a free-for-all whose only support was
the project sites’ bug reporting pages and community groups.“A lot has changed since then. Just as Eclipse has
revolutionized Java development, open source databases like MySQL
and PostgreSQL have become a real threat to the big database
makers’ bottom line in the small to medium sized company
market.“This is an area where I have some real working knowledge,
having been the primary MySQL contributor for Database Journal for
the past several years. Take it from me, these products offer
tremendous value!”