Re: more anti-postgresql FUD

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: more anti-postgresql FUD
Date: 2006-10-10 18:35:30
Message-ID: 200610102035.30845.peter_e@gmx.net
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Merlin Moncure wrote:
> http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.1/install.php
>
> in section PostgreSQL vs MySQL :
> [quoting]
> Regarding the choice between PostgreSQL and MySQL, MySQL is
> recommended for several reasons:

I don't see any fear, uncertainty, or doubt there.

> * MySQL is faster

It probably is for that application. Of course their references
benchmark is outdated, but that does not make it FUD.

> * no need to constantly run resource-hungry command "vacuum" for
> MySQL

Also a good, albeit outdated, reason.

> * MySQL is used as a primary development platform.

Another good reason.

--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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