Follow me on TwitterThe next DB2Night Show episode on Friday December 4 (10am Central) will be a no holds barred comparison of the IBM DB2 Express-C and Microsoft SQL Server Express and we will throw in Oracle XE for good measure. We will also talk about Cloud Computing and its impact on database professionals. This is a must see episode so register now. [...]
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When I opined that Oracle can not be trusted to keep MySQL going there were some in the MySQL and Oracle community who accused me of spreading FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt). I agree that there is indeed a lot of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt around MySQL these days. However, I don’t think that this humble blog is the reason. Bottom line is that since the acquisition was first announced Oracle has said nothing about its plans for MySQL. Oracle certainly said plenty about its plans for SUN hardware, its plans for Java, even its plans for Solaris. [...] Arbour Networks knows a thing or two about internet security as their gear is used by most top tier ISPs. They run an interesting internet threat analysis service at http://atlas.arbor.net/. I’ve been watching it for the past couple of weeks. During this time Microsoft SQL Server has consistently been the top attack target. Not only has SQL Server been a consistent target, it has been a target for over 50% of all attacks. SQL Server under attack Now, I don’t want to come across as bashing SQL Server. I am not one of those people who will claim [...] The nice part about Microsoft SQL Server Express is that unlike Oracle XE, you can count on getting updates. There hasn’t been an update to Oracle XE since, well never, and that is despite the fact that it has a gazillion security vulnerabilities that have been addressed in the paid versions of Oracle database. [...] Before I get too far in to this I’d like to get a couple of things straight: I am biased and I actually like Oracle XE but I like DB2 Express-C more … see point 1 Now that I got this off my chest, I wanted to do a quick comparison between these two products from the two leaders in the commercial database server market. Both DB2 Express-C and Oracle XE (Express Edition) have much in common. Both are built on the same code that their very popular and at times expensive commercial counterparts are. Both can be [...] |
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