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[csnyder]

On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 09:10:49 -0500, Hans C. Kaspersetz
<hans at cyberxdesigns.com> wrote:

> Matthew,  do you mean by using replication?  Can you give us some more
> information about the case you are describing?

Hans -- this got cross posted from the NYCBUG list, so a little
background might be in order.

He's referring (I think) to this post on FreeBSD-Questions:
http://tinyurl.com/3z98f

It's about Clustering, not Replication. The claim is that the cost to
license MySQL Cluster for non-GPL'd applications is ~$5,000 per cpu.
Which limits the market somewhat, but probably addresses some real
support and implementation costs on MySQL's end. One suspects that as
the tech matures the price will come down.

Either that, or we're going to be seeing a lot of GPL'd cluster
implementations that just happen to be accidentally used for
commercial purposes. Oops.