Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server

The following web site contains alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server:

[link|http://www.normad.com/sql/|http://www.normad.com/sql/]

If the web site goes down, I am copying and pasting the links into this message so that they get saved.

But basically Microsoft SQL Server is not the only choice out there for an enterprise level database.

DBase 2000:
[link|http://www.dbase2000.com|http://www.dbase2000.com]

Empress:
[link|http://www.empress.com|http://www.empress.com]

Firebird:
[link|http://firebird.sourceforge.net/|http://firebird.sourceforge.net/]
Firebird is based on Borland Interbase:
[link|http://www.borland.com/interbase/|http://www.borland.com/interbase/]
Both are very good databases. Interbase is commercial and Firebird is the open sourced version of Interbase which is still being worked on.

Flagship, a Clipper Clone:
[link|http://www.fship.com/|http://www.fship.com/]

GNUSQL:
[link|ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/gnu/|ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/gnu/]

IBM DB2:
[link|http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/|http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/]

Informix:
[link|http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/|http://www-3.ibm.com...re/data/informix/]
Apparently now owned by IBM.

Just Logic:
[link|http://www.justlogic.com|http://www.justlogic.com]

mSQL:
[link|http://www.hughes.com.au/|http://www.hughes.com.au/]

MySQL is growing, will become a good database someday when it develops more and gets stored procedures, etc:
[link|http://www.mysql.org/|http://www.mysql.org/]

Objectivity DB:
[link|http://www.objectivity.com|http://www.objectivity.com]

Oracle:
[link|http://www.oracle.com|http://www.oracle.com]
Oracle has a free Developer download of the Oracle database. Hope you have a fast connection to download it!

Postgre SQL:
[link|http://www.postgresql.com|http://www.postgresql.com]

SAP DB:
[link|http://www.sapdb.org/index.html|http://www.sapdb.org/index.html]

Sleepycat Berkley DB:
[link|http://www.sleepycat.com/products.html|http://www.sleepycat.com/products.html]

Solid Server:
[link|http://www.solid.fi|http://www.solid.fi]

Sybase:
[link|http://www.sybase.com/|http://www.sybase.com/]
This is what SQL Server was based on.

Universe:
[link|http://www.ardentsoftware.com/linuxtest/index.html|http://www.ardentsof...uxtest/index.html]

ZODB:
[link|http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/FrontPage|http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/FrontPage]

They tried OO-like DB's in the 1960's, but they had many shortcomings. The biggest problem is that they generally lack a larger-scale structure on which to understand the forest-view and do high-level manipulations on. Relational has the "table" structure on which "relational math" can be done. (True, SQL often sucks, but that is the fault of the language, not the relational paradigm.) In relational you ask for what you want, not how to navigate to it. Thus, non-relational DB's are often called "navigational databases".

There has yet to be a "Dr. Codd of objects". Thus, OO is left with tangled seaweed as its highest-level formal structure. For more rants and info on this, see:

[link|http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ModernDinosaur|http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ModernDinosaur]

[link|http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/core1.htm|http://www.geocities...ablizer/core1.htm]

Post #80,450 by orion 2/9/03 5:46:16 PM Reply	Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server The following web site contains alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server: [link\|http://www.normad.com/sql/\|http://www.normad.com/sql/] If the web site goes down, I am copying and pasting the links into this message so that they get saved. But basically Microsoft SQL Server is not the only choice out there for an enterprise level database. DBase 2000: [link\|http://www.dbase2000.com\|http://www.dbase2000.com] Empress: [link\|http://www.empress.com\|http://www.empress.com] Firebird: [link\|http://firebird.sourceforge.net/\|http://firebird.sourceforge.net/] Firebird is based on Borland Interbase: [link\|http://www.borland.com/interbase/\|http://www.borland.com/interbase/] Both are very good databases. Interbase is commercial and Firebird is the open sourced version of Interbase which is still being worked on. Flagship, a Clipper Clone: [link\|http://www.fship.com/\|http://www.fship.com/] GNUSQL: [link\|ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/gnu/\|ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/gnu/] IBM DB2: [link\|http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/\|http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/] Informix: [link\|http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/\|http://www-3.ibm.com...re/data/informix/] Apparently now owned by IBM. Just Logic: [link\|http://www.justlogic.com\|http://www.justlogic.com] mSQL: [link\|http://www.hughes.com.au/\|http://www.hughes.com.au/] MySQL is growing, will become a good database someday when it develops more and gets stored procedures, etc: [link\|http://www.mysql.org/\|http://www.mysql.org/] Objectivity DB: [link\|http://www.objectivity.com\|http://www.objectivity.com] Oracle: [link\|http://www.oracle.com\|http://www.oracle.com] Oracle has a free Developer download of the Oracle database. Hope you have a fast connection to download it! Postgre SQL: [link\|http://www.postgresql.com\|http://www.postgresql.com] SAP DB: [link\|http://www.sapdb.org/index.html\|http://www.sapdb.org/index.html] Sleepycat Berkley DB: [link\|http://www.sleepycat.com/products.html\|http://www.sleepycat.com/products.html] Solid Server: [link\|http://www.solid.fi\|http://www.solid.fi] Sybase: [link\|http://www.sybase.com/\|http://www.sybase.com/] This is what SQL Server was based on. Universe: [link\|http://www.ardentsoftware.com/linuxtest/index.html\|http://www.ardentsof...uxtest/index.html] ZODB: [link\|http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/FrontPage\|http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/FrontPage] [link\|http://pub75.ezboard.com/bantiiwethey\| New and improved, Chicken Delvits!]
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