On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:22:14 -0600 Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Ivan Sergio > Borgonovo<mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 19:39:16 +0200 > > "Massa, Harald Armin" <chef@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> a quite interesting read. > >> > >> http://www.codingthewheel.com/archives/stranger-than-fiction-story-online-poker-tracker-postgresql > > > > There are a couple of comments comment that maybe someone could > > correct: > > > > "The popularity of PostgreSQL as DBMS for handhistories is by no > > means just a matter of some alleged technological superiority > > over MySQL. Let's not forget that Pokertracker, Holdem Manager > > etc is proprietary software, so they really don't have any other > > choice but to bundle with postgreSQL. If they were to ship their > > products with MySQL, they would either have to open-source their > > products according to the GPL, or pay hefty commercial license > > fees." > > > > or > > > > "Bogdan's comment is right on the money. There are licensing > > issues with MySQL. MySQL commercial licenses are contracts with > > Sun. Not cheap. It had to be PostgreSQL." > > > > I understand the license differences (and for my taste I prefer > > GPL over BSD) but the above affirmations seems to imply pg > > couldn't stand up just on its technical merits. > > > > I don't think this is the case. > Exactly, it could have been interbase / firebird, sqllite, > berkelydb, and a couple other choices that are free. MySQL's > licensing just took them out of the running right at the start. You can actually build up closed source software with MySQL as a server, it depends on how you do it. Aren't there any DB with LGPL library license? Still the above statement sounds too much as: pg wasn't chosen for it's technical merits but for the license. I don't think their only option was pg for licensing reasons. Or am I misunderstanding what you wrote? or... am I plainly wrong? -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
