Facts about databases :)

6 Dec 2007 1 mins Databases in general

Use Firebird SQL Server, if you have the luxury to choose among many database systems. (http://www.firebirdsql.org/)
If you want to deal with the COMPLEXITY, try PostgreSQL Server. (http://www.postgresql.org/)
MySQL is trying to become a “proper” database system on VERSION 5 (For God’s sake!). (http://www.mysql.com/)
If you fancy a POSH database system, try Oracle. It has express version available for free; check the licence details. (http://www.oracle.com/)
If you are walking on the road, bricks of which are laid by Microsoft, I need not say anything; you are already using M$ SQL Server 200x. (http://www.microsoft.com/sql/)

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Jiří Činčura is .NET, C# and Firebird expert. He focuses on data and business layers, language constructs, parallelism, databases and performance. For almost two decades he contributes to open-source, i.e. FirebirdClient. He works as a senior software engineer for Microsoft. Frequent speaker and blogger at www.tabsoverspaces.com.