Re: Postgres v MySQL 5.0

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Duncan Garland <duncan(dot)garland(at)ntlworld(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Postgres v MySQL 5.0
Date: 2006-10-21 20:48:44
Message-ID: 453A87AC.6000202@commandprompt.com
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Josh,
>
>> I would further argue that many of the features being pushed for 8.3,
>> recursive queries, bitmap indexes, rollup/group by, updateable queries
>> are the direct result of positioning either against Oracle/MSSQL or
>> MySQL pending feature sets. (Although more toward Oracle/MSSQL certainly).
>
> Huh? While "keeping up with the Ellisons" is a motivating factor, it's not

That is all I am saying.

Joshua D. Drake

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