Adam, First off, personal opinion here only. Second, I would have to say that your CIO is extremely short sighted and not long for your world. Yes we do use some open source db's. mainly PostGreSql, not MySql. The reason is that MySql AB has not become a real commercial enterprise & it's only a matter of time before that start asking Oracle like prices and become closed source. PostGreSql on the other hand is totally open source & the support contractors are remaining very reasonable. Plus PostGreSql and Oracle are two of a kind, sort of. Whereas MySql and Access have more in common. At any rate both open source and closed source software have a place in the enterprise. Yes PostGreSql is cheaper to use, especially on the internet, but Oracle is much more robust. It's a matter of deciding which project requires the closed source software vs. those that can use the open source. Basically if loosing the DB means your dead in the water, then you want the closed source. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: Adams, Matthew (GE Consumer & Industrial) [mailto:MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:27 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: books on mySQL Well, with over 500 instances of Oracle still hanging around, I don't see the ship changing course too fast, but I can tell which way the winds are blowing. The new CIO has pretty much stated that from now on, we're going to be going almost exclusively with open source solutions for new systems. mySQL/Perl/Linux/Apache (etc). I figure it's time to start reading. I've already ordered mySQL by Paul DuBois from New Riders Publishing. (along with a buch of other stuff) from bookpool. I was wondering what other ones might be good. (BTW - anybody know the release date of Robert Freeman's 10g new features book. Web site said "3/2004") ---- Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams@xxxxxxxxxxx If you want my views of history Then there's something you should know The three men I admire most Are Curly, Larry, Moe - Meatloaf -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ron Rogers Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:19 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: books on mySQL Matt, What do you mean by "made the leap from working with Oracle to working with mySQL"????? are you abandoning the ship? has your ship changed course? has you ship started to sink? are you getting something pink in the mail? Ron >>> MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx 03/16/2004 3:12:02 PM >>> For those of you who have already made the leap from working with Oracle to working with mySQL, which books helped you the most in coming up to speed with mySQL? Matt ---- Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams@xxxxxxxxxxx If you want my views of history Then there's something you should know The three men I admire most Are Curly, Larry, Moe - Meatloaf ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------