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Re: [school-discuss] Re: New Foundry Request / Educational



I can't speak for Win98, but PostgreSQL works fine on Win2000.
I'd be leery of running any critical application on Win98. If its possible
to convert your db machine to Linux, I'm sure most of us on this list would
be willing to help you get it setup and running.

-- alan

On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 11:52:42PM +1000, Rasjid Wilcox wrote:
> I initially thought it was more portable than PostgreSQL, as I know it is 
> Cygwin based and only claims to support NT etc.  However, I now notice that 
> MySQL on Windows is also Cygwin based.  Anyone with any experience in how 
> they compare running on Windows 98?  (Does PostgreSQL actually run on Windows 
> 98?)
> 
> Based on my reading of the various websites, InterBase is looking like the 
> best option, with PostgreSQL second and MySQL third.  But I'd like to hear 
> from people that have actually used them.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rasjid.


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