[MUD-Dev] Serialization, dealing with changing classes.

[Brian Lindahl]

Neil Edwards wrote:

> Another thought, if I were to switch to OODBMS (recommended?)  are
> there any free implementations such as MySQL that I may use and,
> although less important, that are .NET native or compatible.

I can answer this question. At this point in time, OODBMS are still
not as efficient as a well designed relational database. OODBMS are
fairly new, and are where relational databases were 10 years ago
(still quite cludgy). I expect the same amount of time will be
needed until OODBMS are optimized and researched enough so that they
can compete with relational databases. Thus, I suggest using a
relational database for now. Make sure you know how to design them,
however. Design of a database is critical to it's performance.

-Brian Lindahl
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