MySQL versus MIcrosoft SQL Server..Info needed

[candeos]

Hello All

We have written an application using PHP4 and MYSQL that has just started production.

Recently, we were asked why we did not use MS SQL 2000 as it is more stable, robvust, scalable blah blah.

Can anyone point me to some information that I can use to demonstrate that MySQL is a superior database? I see the benchmarks on the MySQL site, but they are not dated and I do not see their methodology, number of users etc..

Thanks for the help

 

[sleipnir214]

The only article I have found that compares the two was an eweek test using JDBC, which does not apply to your situation.

MySQL has two advantages in your situation: It's about $12000 cheaper than MS SQL Server, and it's better integrated with PHP. That's the tack I'd go with.
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[KarveR]

More ammunition - depends on how you want apps developed, heres a test for what the two do and don't support ;

http://www.mysql.com/information/crash-me.php

check the mSQL box and see what you don't get for your 12k from M$ that you do for you $0 from mySQL

(and since when was anything from MS ever reliable and "stable"? ______________________________________________________________________
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