- Open Source for the Enterprise
- Preface
- 1. The Nature of Open Source
- The Open Source Debate
- Understanding Your Open Source Readiness
- The Nature of Open Source
- What Is Open Source?
- Where Does Open Source Come From?
- How Does Open Source Grow?
- How Does Open Source Die?
- Leadership in the Open Source Life Cycle
- Second-Generation Trends in Open Source
- The Different Roots of Commercial Software
- Productization: The Key to Understanding the Challenge of Using Open Source
- Comparing the Risks of Commercial and Open Source Software
- 2. Measuring the Maturity of Open Source
- Open Source Traps
- The Elements of Open Source Maturity
- Leadership and Culture
- Vitality of Community
- Quality of End-User Support
- Extent and Scope of Documentation
- Quality of Installation Packaging
- Momentum (or Frequency of Releases)
- Quality of Code and Design
- Quality of Architecture
- Testing Practices
- Integration with Other Products
- Support for Standards
- Quality of Project Site
- License Type
- Potential for Commercial Conflicts
- Corporate Commitment
- Putting It All Together
- The Open Source Maturity Model
- 3. The Open Source Skill Set
- 4. Making the ROI Case
- 5. Designing an Open Source Strategy
- 6. Support Models for Open Source
- 7. Making Open Source Projects Easy to Adopt
- 8. A Comparison of Open Source Licenses
- 9. Open Source Under Attack
- 10. Open Source Empowerment
- A. The Open Source Platform
- B. End-User Computing on the Desktop
- C. Open Source and Email
- D. Groupware, Portals, and Collaboration
- E. Web Publishing and Content Management
- Complete Content Management Systems
- Web Publishing and Content Management System Capabilities
- Recommended Open Source Content Management System Projects
- Weblog Publishing Systems
- Content Management System Toolkits and Components
- F. Application Development
- Index
- Colophon
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On a Windows desktop, you can use Access as a frontend to MySQL using the MyODBC driver. Alternatively, you can install MySQL natively, and use it via GUI tools such as MySQL Query Browser.
On a Linux desktop, you can easily install, use, and manage MySQL via web-based interfaces such as phpMyAdmin, KDE applications such as Kexi, or other GUI tools such as MySQL Query Browser.
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Broad ANSI SQL syntax support
Multiple storage engine options, including MyISAM for performance and InnoDB for full transaction support and row-level locking
Query caching and full text indexing
Numerous third-party tools to help manage data
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