Matt, You are fortunate to have upper management that is willing to speculate on the value provided with open source. I'm having the time of my life here on a Novell network with bleeding edge upgrades. My Linux box is solid as a rock and the queries are 3 times faster than production with the same user load. Word is that they are going to move Oracle off the production server so they can add some CPU's for the other applications. I have asked for a Linux box and with luck I will get it. Ron >>> MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx 03/16/2004 3:27:16 PM >>> Well, with over 500 instances of Oracle still hanging around, I don't see the ship changing course too fast, but I can tell which way the winds are blowing. The new CIO has pretty much stated that from now on, we're going to be going almost exclusively with open source solutions for new systems. mySQL/Perl/Linux/Apache (etc). I figure it's time to start reading. I've already ordered mySQL by Paul DuBois from New Riders Publishing. (along with a buch of other stuff) from bookpool. I was wondering what other ones might be good. (BTW - anybody know the release date of Robert Freeman's 10g new features book. Web site said "3/2004") ---- Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams@xxxxxxxxxxx If you want my views of history Then there's something you should know The three men I admire most Are Curly, Larry, Moe - Meatloaf -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ron Rogers Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:19 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: books on mySQL Matt, What do you mean by "made the leap from working with Oracle to working with mySQL"????? are you abandoning the ship? has your ship changed course? has you ship started to sink? are you getting something pink in the mail? Ron >>> MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx 03/16/2004 3:12:02 PM >>> For those of you who have already made the leap from working with Oracle to working with mySQL, which books helped you the most in coming up to speed with mySQL? Matt ---- Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams@xxxxxxxxxxx If you want my views of history Then there's something you should know The three men I admire most Are Curly, Larry, Moe - Meatloaf ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------