Johan van Zyl wrote:

> MYSQL ALOS OFFERS AND ENBEDDED DATABASE

Spellcheckers beware :)

>2. Only Firebird and MySQL natively install on Windows. PostgreSQL
>>requires Cygwin, which turns off most Windows people.
>>
>
> YEAH I AM ALSO NERVOUS OF PSOTGRESS FOR THE REASON. The idea of cross
> playform is a MYTH.

No, it is not a myth.

> It is currently only offered by PHP and MYSQL withg a
> crappy Browser interface, not really suitable to Accoutngin systems (or
> other applicatiosn for that matter)

I guess you never took a look at wxWidgets.

> WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE PLANS OF DVELOPEING IN WINDOWS AND USIN AN
> EMULATOR TO GET THE LINUX GOGING LOOKING AT WINE adn CODEWAEVER
> (UNFORTUNATELY NTO OPOEN SOURCE)

That would work even more crappy than web interface.

> I DON"T REALLY UNDERTNAD THE BENEFIT OF STORED PROCEEDURES.

What kind of accounting application could you make without stored
procedures? That would require a lot of manual work...

> I AM SUSPICIOUS OF THE MYSQL LICENCE, BUT FIND THE FIEBIRD LICENCE CLEAR AND
> THIS MAY BE THEIR STRONGEST POINT.

Nothing suspicious there. You have to pay for commercial use.

> I AM SUSPICIOUS OF A SINGLE FILE DATABASE.

You should really come from the past to present time.


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