Re: SAP DB: The unsung Open Source DB

The following statements is based on your own experience or
not?

>That's fine, but my understanding of SAP DB's failure to attract a large
>community was that:
> - it had a lot of competition (MySQL/PG/Firebird...)

It is true that there are quite some open source free DBs out there. They, however, are for different people, or types
ofapplications. If you are a PG guy, you may not be too keen on MySQL.  

> - it was tricky to compile/install

What I know is the opposite. SAP DB is very easy to install, at least on Windows.

> - the codebase was far from easy to get to grips with

Since I don't know this, I won't say anything about it.


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