| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca> |
| Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, Postgresql Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: InformationWeek article on PostgreSQL |
| Date: | 2004-07-21 20:12:08 |
| Message-ID: | 1090440727.2658.1275.camel@localhost.localdomain |
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On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 16:56, Rod Taylor wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 11:33, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Guys who would contact Geoff Davidson about PostgreSQL (sorry Geoff)
> > > know so little about us that it is not even worth the paper it is
> > > printed on.
> >
> > Based on what do you jump to the conclusion that he "knows so little about
> > us"? Geoff, surprisingly enough, has a mindset of (to my chagrin at
>
> I think the problem isn't Geoff, but the Aberdeen Group. The article was
> poorly written and to make it look like Geoff may have been quoting
> Aberdeen's report, which said we don't support row locking (FOR UPDATE
> anyone?)
>
The Aberdeen report is very poorly written. ISTM that they are confused
as to which database is which and have done very little research beyond
they "spoke to some MySQL users". The report seems to have been
re-published recently, with no updated facts. If your listening boys,
sue me - I could do with a new car.
A personal opinion, Simon Riggs
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