Quote - Well, the likes of Google and Intel use MySQL... a lot. It costs approximately $0.00 to acquire. There's lots of plugins that will pull in any SQL '97-compliant DB dumps. I agree on homebuilts - much mo' cheaper to build 'em yourself. Incidentally, you can install OSX on a vanilla PC if the chip has SSE2 or better on it. http://osxx86.sourceforge.net I believe is the place to get the relevant info (top o' the head.. .can't remember 100%). I'll check my links @ work tomorrow and pass it on. /P

MySQL doesn't really scale well for large databases. According to this TPCH thing I've seen, it becomes Oracle/UNIX when faced with anything over 3 TB. Hmm, I'll have to check out this OSX link you have... I was going to try putting OSX on VMWare and see if that worked. :)