RE: FW: [kidsgames] word familiarity

["Brian Thompson" <briandthompson@home.com>]

Ben,
Will it be usable with Starbase and does it have cross platform capability?

                                                    Brian
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> Subject: Re: FW: [kidsgames] word familiarity
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> 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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