Exactly, but the entry level DB2 and Oracle solutions are not super cost prohibitive and time is money. We're talking about a pretty low man-hour investment in futzing with MySQL before you'd have been better off calling an IBM rep. If you're doing some popular free web app maybe you can stick a "powered by IBM" icon in the corner and get the stuff for free. Remember those?
Exactly, but the entry level DB2 and Oracle solutions are not super cost prohibitive and time is money. We're talking about a pretty low man-hour investment in futzing with MySQL before you'd have been better off calling an IBM rep. If you're doing some popular free web app maybe you can stick a "powered by IBM" icon in the corner and get the stuff for free. Remember those?