[ale] Go free or not to go free, this is the question...

[Chris Woodruff]

I would recommend that you take a look at the Firebird DB which is a fork of
Interbase.  I think it will meet all you need.  It is not under a GPL
license but the license is an endorsed open source one.

http://firebird.sourceforge.net/

Chris Woodruff
cwoodruff at worldwindtech.com
(770) 307-8590
(770) 814-9967 fax
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From: "Sergio Chaves" <sergio_chavess at hotmail.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:21 AM
Subject: [ale] Go free or not to go free, this is the question...


>
> Hi everyone!:-)
>
> I have a situation here where everyone's input will be considered and
> appreciated:
> Due to some financial constraints currently imposed here, I was "asked" to
> find out about the option of migrating to GPL
> Databases. Besides PostGreSQL, what other GPL DBs would be worth to
> consider?
> Some of the requirements here are (this is not my field of expertise;
please
> correct me if something does not sound right):
> 1- A relational DB
> 2- Able to use a "C" interface - SQL via "C"
> 3 - Transaction based processing
> 4 - Crash recovery mechanism (roll back recovery?)
> 5 - Able to handle 100 to 150 users
> 6 - Relatively Fast - Comparing to mainstream DBs
> 7 - Schema allows the use of "triggers" - when a "field" changes, it
> triggers the DB to update all other fields as   well.
>
> ps: As far as commercial Databases, has anybody heard anything good or bad
> about C-Tree Plus frm FairCom?
>
> Thanks for all your help
>
> Sergio
>
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