> Greetings.
> I will be holding a session for (former) dBase-users about how to
> change their applications to using Firebird instead. In the same
> meeting somebody will be presenting MySQL as an alternative.
>
> We will not be talking about internet-access but about backend
> database servers for business use in small and medium companies.
>
> Unquestioningly Firebird is more suitable for such a scenario than the
> very popular MySQL.
> I am at a loss, however, in pinning down the main differences in
> architecture and usability between the two systems.
> AFAIK MySQL does not support triggers, transactions and version
> control, but I am amiss about the details.
>
> Can somebody here help me out with a list of facts and arguments or
> point me to a source in the web?
>
> Thanks,
> André
>

this might help
http://www.meta.com.au/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=27&Item
id=26
it is a little out of date but not far off.
Alan