Comments on: PHP, MySQL, and Oracle: An Odd Triangle http://matthewturland.com/2008/03/09/php-mysql-and-oracle-an-odd-triangle/ Fri, 11 May 2012 20:03:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matthew Turland’s Blog: PHP, MySQL, and Oracle: An Odd Triangle | Development Blog With Code Updates : Developercast.comhttp://matthewturland.com/2008/03/09/php-mysql-and-oracle-an-odd-triangle/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Matthew Turland’s Blog: PHP, MySQL, and Oracle: An Odd Triangle | Development Blog With Code Updates : Developercast.com Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:23:37 +0000 #comment-184 ...n Development" rel="category tag">Development</a> A little while back Matthew Turland posted <a href="http://matthewturland.com/2008/03/09/php-mysql-and-oracle-an-odd-triangle/" rel="nofollow">an interesting item</a> to has blog talking about what he calls the “odd triangle” of PHP, MySQL and Oracle. In... …n Development” rel=”category tag”>Development A little while back Matthew Turland posted an interesting item to has blog talking about what he calls the “odd triangle” of PHP, MySQL and Oracle. In…

]]> By: LornaJanehttp://matthewturland.com/2008/03/09/php-mysql-and-oracle-an-odd-triangle/comment-page-1/#comment-173 LornaJane Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:50:46 +0000 #comment-173 I am with you on everything you say above - Oracle is far superior but I can totally see how "free" trumps any feature set! MySQL has grown and grown in the time that I've been working with it (about 7 years) and now has most things that I expect in an RDBMS.Another issue is staffing - MySQL is much easier to get into and therefore there are more people around with PHP and MySQL skills. Even with Oracle XE which removes barriers to people playing with Oracle recreationally, the entry bar really is higher because Oracle is harder to install and there are much less resources around it. So there are fewer developers with these skills and they probably cost more.Just my tuppence. I am with you on everything you say above – Oracle is far superior but I can totally see how “free” trumps any feature set! MySQL has grown and grown in the time that I’ve been working with it (about 7 years) and now has most things that I expect in an RDBMS.

Another issue is staffing – MySQL is much easier to get into and therefore there are more people around with PHP and MySQL skills. Even with Oracle XE which removes barriers to people playing with Oracle recreationally, the entry bar really is higher because Oracle is harder to install and there are much less resources around it. So there are fewer developers with these skills and they probably cost more.

Just my tuppence.

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