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MySQL gets cozy with Microsoft
Thu, 2006-07-06 19:46 — PMunn
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/30/mysql_microsoft_vsip/
MySQL is the acknowledged leader in the open source database world, and...
The Register wrote:
The company has paid $3,000 to become a member of Microsoft's Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program in a move that will help cement the database's use on Windows. MySQL joins more than 240 other ISVs also working with Microsoft.
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VSIP membership will provide greater integration between the database and Microsoft's development environment. Using a plug-in, developers will be able to build forms and objects inside Visual Studio with Microsoft languages lsuch as C# and Visual Basic, browse data and records, and perform basic data management.
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For MySQL, VSIP means greater exposure to developers in the Microsoft user base. Integration reduces the need for developers to switch between different environments, and takes the pressure off MySQL to build its own IDE or forge lots of different IDE partnerships.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/30/mysql_microsoft_vsip/
I gotta hand it to the MySQL guys. Getting Visual Studio integration is a great thing. I do think that they won't get a square deal from Microsoft however, whose SQL Server is currently one of the kings of the commercial database space. The big M has a vested interest in MySQL's stuff not quite working perfectly.
Visual Studio, however, is heinously expensive, especially when up against the likes of probably-good-enough free competitors like SharpDevelop. And if price is an issue in development, you'll choose a free database, and may not care to choose the commercial dev tool if SharpDevelop can do the job.
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