You may be interested in this article: http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,109133,00.html On 3/20/06, Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > We are considering OpenSource for less critical databases > to reduce Licence and Maintenance costs. > > MySQL apparently does have Annual Fees (or Support). > Does Postgres have Annual Fees ? > > Technically for > a) databases of upto 10GB > b) concurrent user counts of upto 25 > c) single instance databases without replication > d) Apache/JBoss kind of application servers > e) 24x7 with requirements for Hot Backups > f) implementaion on Linux > > what seems better ? MySQL or Postgress. > > > Hemant K Chitale > http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist