Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 01:51:38 +0100, D wrote:

I think all the ones that use traditional databases I encountered are
using either mysql, mariadb or sql server for linux which I think was
free for a while. Sql server for linux was a joke. The company was
offered help to migrate to mysql or mariadb, refused, since they were
microsoft loyalists, and continued to live with downtime every month,
rather than switching.

MySQL lost it's shine when it was bought and part of the team forked off
MariaDB. I've never used either.

Esri's Workgroup configuration use SQl Server Express which is free. It
works well with the limitation that a database cannot exceed 10GB. That's
perfectly adequate for most of our sites since the only want data for
their county. If you get greedy and want half the state it's time for the
full SQL Server.

Where it falls short is when you're trying to store years of incident
data. Depending on the site you might get five or six years  before you
have to start purging. otoh the price is right compared to a DB2 or full
server license.

It was a little rocky to begin with but Esri now works fine with
PostgresSQL. For a long time the spatial extender package for DB2 was an
extra cost option but it's included with the base license now.