In the past, using open source databases meant running UNIX (or Linux) servers and open source development environments. Today however, the two most popular open source database packages - MySQL and PostgreSQL - have full featured Windows installations, and can be run on most Windows p...Jan. 8, 2007 01:45 PM EST Reads: 11,731







Richard Blum currently works for a large US government organization as a network and systems administrator. He is the author of C# Network Programming (2002, Sybex) and Professional Assembly Language (2005, Wrox).
In the past, using open source databases meant running UNIX (or Linux) servers and open source development environments. Today however, the two most popular open source database packages - MySQL and PostgreSQL - have full featured Windows installations, and can be run on most Windows p...
As an experienced .Net developer, I'm sure you are comfortable creating programs in your home environment - using Visual Studio on a Windows PC. What about using other platforms? In the .NET world, not many developers think much about cross-platform development. However, with the growi...


















