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5 comments about NuSphere MySQL.

1. I'd read reviews of NuSphere MySQL on other websites, which said it was great for newbies: easy installation and great tools.

   I'm a veteran internet programmer, but finally bought it for two reasons: I needed an easy way to get my customers up and running quickly, on a common webserver platform, and I wanted versions of the tools running under Windows as well as Linux.

   This package turned out to be a lifesaver. It comes with lots of features, including out-of-the-box, easy to install and use, Apache, Perl, PHP and MySQL, all configured correctly, and working on multiple platforms. I found the integrated phpmyadmin utility a great way to manage my MySQL databases.

   Best feature: remote install, so I can install it on a headless machine at my ISP.




2. Lots of good stuff in this box. Good documentation. THe headliner is the NuSphere database: it is just like MySQL except it has real row-locking so it isn't SLO when multiple users are beating on it, and it has auto-crash recovery, so my beeper doesn't go off.

   Install is sweet, and works remotely for headless installs. Full webserver middleware stack (Apache, nusphere MySQL, Perl and PHP) installs on Linux and windoze, even on virgen systems. If you've ever tried to get bugzilla up under windoze, you'll like this: it comes with a multi-platform bugzilla for free.

   Some dba tools in the bundle, some apache stuff, but I haven't tried it. For me, its the database stupid.

   Nice support but telephone is extra, you have to use email.




3. I purchased NuSphere MySQL directly from NuSphere after reading reviews on the internet. I first used it on Windows and was very happy. It installs very quickly with just one or two clicks, and I had a web server, database, and development environment all running. Much better than Microsoft PWS with FrontPage, and much faster.

   I recently switched to Linux for my website development, and was happy to see that it worked just as well. All the same tools, fast one-click install, although the user interface was easier under Windows.

   Very good organization of the files, too, making for easy backups.

   Last month I purchased NuSphere PHPed, and it works very well with the NuSphere MySQL, but is more for professional developers.




4. I tried this software and couldn't create a simple database with out reading a lot and wasn't easy to configure.



5. Save your money. Not even as good as freeware.

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2 comments about Delphi 6 Personal Ed..

1. I'm a successful software developer and have been developing software for 30 years. We've always considered Delphi (& its ancestors) our "secret weapon" against our competition. This is because it's such a well designed tool that you'll be far more productive than anyone not using it.

   It's easy to learn but doesn't sacrifice power in the name of simplicity.

   You can't go wrong with Borland products!




2. If you are interested in programming, I'll put it in a sentence or two... Delphi is the way to go! It's easy, fun, powerful and it doesn't require any annoying runtime files (which is good if you want to make software with a small file size)!

1 comments about Mentor.

1. This is a product from a company that no longer exists. The lack of a parent company means:
   1. you cannot register your purchase
   2. you cannot get "the latest version" as you are told to do by every writable surface within this box
   3. there is no "24/7" support
   4. you are better off tossing your money down a rat hole

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