Open Source Databases "50% Cheaper"

pete314 writes, "Open source databases can cut the total cost of ownership of a database by up to 60% compared to the cost of running proprietary databases from Oracle, Microsoft or IBM. According to data collected by Forrester Research, the savings average about 50%. Open source databases however still struggle to reach mission-critical enterprise applications because enterprises perceive them to be less secure and stable."

60% of..

[homer_s]

So what is the cost of commercial databases? Do the math:

Cost of OSS DB=$0 , which is 50% cheaper than commercial DBs.

0.5 * X = $0

X=$0

So, commercial databases really cost $0. I'm calling Oracle to get my copy.

(Yeah, yeah, TCO is not $0...)

Re:SQL Server = Almost Free

[ednopantz]

yeah but why let ignorance get in the way of MS bashing?

Re:enterprises also want

[Anonymous Coward]

The Chairman can play golf with Larry Ellison as he tries to get more concessions out of Oracle, but he can't play WOW with the 19 year old kid who added some bit of code to mysql.

Wait a minute. Are you suggesting that perhaps I have the skills that many chairmen lack, which might make me unusually competitive and well-suited for the position?

Smells like utopia

[Caesar Tjalbo]

I'd so love to choose the db. But noooo.
"Here's the COBOL manual." "Whut?" "We don't have a license for Fortran anymore. Oh, and we're behind on the documentation because we were going to migrate to ."
So OK, that was the worst example. Where ever I go, I always encounter legacy databases that have to be worked with. That and an Access 'thing' lovingly setup and maintained by dr. Clueless which managed to wurm itself into the production process.

Laughable!

[gbutler69]

Where are these fictional DBA's who know how to write advanced SQL or procedural code? I've never met them. All the DBA's I've met are marginally competent clowns. Of course, so are most of the software developers I've met (aside from Open Source).