• @AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca
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    716 days ago

    All software eventually gets deprecated / unsupported, including free open source projects.

    I think the update cycle on MySQL and Mongo is more aggressive than MS SQL.

    The only difference is you pay for MS SQL.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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      416 days ago

      There are people who pay for MySQL and Mongo. And even MariaDB. All of them have enterprise versions of their software.

      • @AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca
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        316 days ago

        And how many years do they support a specific release before making you upgrade.

        Looks like MySQL standard releases are one year and LTS releases are 5 or up to 8 with extended support.

        So somewhat similar to Microsoft