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Re: Managing a database under Linux





Omer wrote:

>Ahem.
>
>I was being sarcastic.
>
>Or at least I thought I was.
>I know DB2, of course it's a monster. That's the only
>kind of applications IBM knows how to make (but their

A bit off topic, but something from the 1970's, I think from Nicholas Wirth:
Q: What is the definition of an elephant?
A: A mouse with an IBM operating system.

>
>monster applications work, as opposed to another well-known
>bloatware manufacturer).
>
>"Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo" wrote:
>>
>> O>> I like MySQL, but you need to know when you're shooting
>> O>> over the top. if one ever decides to build a bigger system,
>> O>> he just moves it all the a real database (from the dbm file)
>> O>> with a few lines of perl. Why not use DB2 while you're at it
>> O>> on the assumption that you might once decide to warehouse
>> O>> as well.
>>
>> DB2 is a monster. I'm not sure that one who isn't experienced DBA can
>> properly setup, let alone securely configure, DB2 installation. Gimme
>> break, nobody wants DB2 for storing some 200 records of students...
>> --
>> frodo@sharat.co.il      \/  There shall be counsels taken
>> Stanislav Malyshev      /\  Stronger than Morgul-spells
>> phone +972-3-9316425    /\              JRRT LotR.
>> http://sharat.co.il/frodo/      whois:!SM8333
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