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Re: FW: [kidsgames] word familiarity



On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Brian Thompson wrote:
> I have been working on a database, very basic so far, but its a start.  It
> is in StarBase, I am hoping that it will be intercompatible with MySQL soon,
> I am a visual freak so it was quick, and easy.

Brian,

Why not PostgresSQL?  It's completely DFSG (Debian Free Software
Guidelines) free.  MySQL is not.  It appears that the maintainers of MySQL
have confused the issue by releasing two minor versions back under the GPL
but keeping the current release non-free, giving lip-service only to open
source.  This is reason enough, I think, to choose Postgres.

Ben
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