You also need to look at the feature set for Firebird vs. MySQL.

MySQL operates more or less like an SQL interface to a flat file
backend. Some of the very things that define what a relational database
are violated by this piece of software.

This isn't just a praise of firebird... it is more or less the
affirmation that MySQL is by far your worst choice if you ever actually
care.

Jason

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
> carlosaortiz@...
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