I put the (MySQL) header for the benefit of hard core TM fans who can’t be bothered with MySQL posts. 😉
I won’t say what database system I originally learned databases on but I must admit that I became enchanted with MySQL years later.
For a large number of applications, including TM backends, MySQL is entirely appropriate.
Sure, when your company goes interplanetary you are going to need a bigger solution.
But in the mean time, get a solution that isn’t larger than the problem you are trying to solve.
BTW, MySQL installations have the same mapping for BI issues I noted in an earlier post today.
Thoughts on how you would fashion a generic solution that does not require conversion of data?