Thanks Svein Erling Tysvær I hope this could help as
it is using MySQL and Firebird as well as other
databases.

--- Svein Erling Tysvær
<svein.erling.tysvaer@...> wrote:

> You would definitely want to read this document,
> it's thorough and a
> proper comparison between the databases (not the
> typical "why my
> database is better than yours" kind of comparison):
>
>

http://www.fabalabs.org/research/papers/FabalabsResearchPaper-OSDBMS-

> Eval.pdf
>
> Set
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Carlos
> Ortiz Quiros wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I don't know if I can post to this mailing list
> the
> > following question.
> >
> > Question:
> > Recently my enterprise is looking for a database
> which
> > TCO is lower than $14.000 dollars license for SQL
> > Server for the Internet.
> >
> > I am evaluating Firebird as Open Source but I need
> to
> > evaluate MySQL as well for only the fact that
> MySQL is
> > 6Million user-base and FireBird 1Million user-base
> but
> > need to decide which is better.
> >
> > I think there should be a comparison or a document
> > that tells which is better database than other.
> >
> > I prefer Firebird due to its support for stored
> > procedures and triggers and more than 20 years of
> code
> > base in the market, MySQL is only implementing
> this
> > stuff, but...
> >
> > That is my concern, can anybody guide my thoughts?
> >
> > Carlos Adolfo Ortiz Q
>
>
>

Carlos Adolfo Ortiz Q
carlosaortiz@...



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