> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:aballard@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:26 PM > To: Bastien Koert > Cc: Shawn McKenzie; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Re: How important is your Express or Web Edition > database? Please weigh in-- > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Bastien Koert <phpster@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Shawn McKenzie > <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > >> Stan Stadelman wrote: > >> > Hello All: > >> > > >> > I'm trying to see how Web Edition databases are being used in your > >> company > >> > for PHP-driven web-apps. Our strategy team thought that free and > >> community > >> > editions would be dominant, but we interviewed Zend Framework > developers > >> > using Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and it looks > >> > like--surprise--that each vendors' market share is about the same > as in > >> the > >> > broad commercial market. > >> > > >> > We think this means that you--the PHP developer community--aren't > >> actually > >> > using the lightweight Web/Express Edition for your corporate web- > app > >> > deployment, and instead are building out on the licenses for > databases > >> your > >> > company is already running. > >> > > >> > Is the Express/Community/Web Edition important for you at work? Is > it a > >> > critical sandboxing step for you? Do you run it live for internal > >> > applications? > >> > > >> > Answering these 10 multiple choice questions--should take about 90 > >> > seconds--will help us understand what databases you need in your > >> > professional life, and how to deliver them to you. > >> > > >> > Happy cooking, and thanks! > >> > > >> > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Jro0rkoIGJKuQNpfWZV_2bBQ_3d_3d > >> > > >> > >> What exactly are, Express or Web Edition databases? > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks! > >> -Shawn > >> http://www.spidean.com > >> > >> > > Just another marketing tool to sell a limited toolset db to punters > who like > > marketing hype > > > > > > -- > > > > Bastien > > I thought they were free. Limited, but free. (reduced functionality or > limited number of connections compared to the commercial versions of > the products) I've not heard of "Web Edition", but I have heard of > both SQL Server and Oracle Express. I haven't used them, but I guess > the idea I have in mind is of products that are supposed to be just > good enough to use in either embedded apps or else to entice > developers into wanting the full version for server apps. I use SQLExpress (SQL Server Express) all the time at work for prototyping and such... although, I have to say--if my company hadn't installed it on my machine to begin with, and they weren't running SQL Server 2005 on the production servers, I would rather just use a private MySQL installation for prototyping and then push to a MySQL production server. Alas... // Todd
