Linux in Government: LAMP Solution for the '9/11 Commission Report' Recommendation (Linux Journal)

[Posted August 13, 2004 by ris]

Tom Adelstein counters terrorism using open-source software, in this Linux Journal article. "Fortunately, a viable Linux solution to the task of connecting disparate databases over the networks is in existence today. This extant system connects a variety of government databases with a LAMP Web services application that is freely downloadable from the Internet. It allows one to search disparate databases in disparate geographical locations."

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Putting MySQL in the wrong places Recommendation (Linux Journal)

Posted Aug 16, 2004 12:52 UTC (Mon) by leandro (subscriber, #1460) [Link]

Do we really want MySQL at the government?

After being hacked to become close to a real SQL DBMS (not yet there), it is over complex. It is not SQL compliant, so it leaves a bad taste in the mouth of anyone who has used something better. It encourages procedural instead of declarative coding, thus leading to more complex (less secure) systems.

Better push PostgreSQL or something the like, that at least can compete against what these people already have, like IBM DB2 or Oracle.