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		TazeTSchnitzel on Sept 2, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL Well, personally, my favourite database is SQLite. I don't build large apps, although for many-read-few-write-type sites SQLite isn't so bad.

quesera on Sept 2, 2012 [–]

SQLite is awesome too. I use it whenever I can.

TazeTSchnitzel on Sept 2, 2012 | [–]

I personally like its simplicity, like the fact it's a single file and no messy authentication to deal with, and the simple data type set.

And also the docs are much more readable to me than for MySQL.

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