TOAD for MySQL freeware

[pne]

I was just reading an entry in the "We hates software" mailing list in Gmail and an ad caught my eye -- "Toad for MySQL freeware".

And the link indeed went to toadsoft.com, so it was legit (which surprised me a little, since the original Toad costs mucho dinero AFAIK), but what amused me as well was that "Toad" stands for, I believe, "Tool for Oracle Application Developers".

Which would make this freeware product "Tool for Oracle Application Developers for MySQL". Shouldn't it be called "Tmad" then, instead? :)

Comments

[nassus.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that TOAD for oracle has been around for years as freeware. I remember developers I worked with in the 90's using it and swearing it was the best thing since sliced bread. What is the other TOAD you speak of?

TOAD

[pne.livejournal.com]

The one that costs $870 (Standard) or $1465 (Professional) behind this link (https://estore.quest.com/QuestStore/Toad/store.asp).

I didn't know there was a Freeware version, though looking at http://www.toadsoft.com/toad_oracle.htm I see there's one linked from there.

We had the commercial version at work and I found it pretty nifty as well. (I say "had" because we thought we had enough licences for everyone, but it turned out after several years that we only had one.)