[cad-linux] Re: CAD with server/client architecture
- From: Lee Fickenscher <elfick@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 16:37:09 -0400
On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 08:29:35PM +0000, Brian Johnson wrote:
> Perhaps a review (even if only a quick one) of the databases available and the
> creation of a desired feature list might be in order. MySQL seems to be the
> most
> popular and one of the fastest, but perhaps other desired features would
> dictate
> another db. Natixe XML handling might be a good thing for instance. Also
> some of
> the more advanced commit and rollback transaction abilities might be
> beneficial.
> Running on linux or windows or other OS a needed feature? Existing good db
> management software available? replication?
As we wouldn't want licensing issues to interfere, we'd want to use a
GPL'd database, that pretty much means MySQL or PostgreSQL. There may be
others, but those are the 2 big ones.
> Also, processing speed will be paramount for the main app. Is there anything
> faster
> than a C based system for that? Again, before we go too far, some consensus
> should
> be reached.
Well, for speed I think interpreted languages would be out. What would
be our choices other than C/C++?
-Lee
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