Posted by David Segall on 04/24/07 13:23

"daniel@figuram.com" <daniel@figuram.com> wrote:

>On 21 Apr, 10:25, ncleasby <nickclea...@f2s.com> wrote:
>> Please tell me the programming language + tools used to create web
>> applications such as Google's Docs & Spreadsheets and similar apps.

>If you're starting from scratch, i'd look to the following
>technologies/languages...
>

>Database: MySQL (free and popular)
I agree that MySQL is popular. Unless you are developing an open
source application I suggest you look carefully at "free". This is
particularly true since almost all the industry heavyweights have a
genuinely free, if not open source, version of their database. I have
a list at <http://database.profectus.com.au>

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