| From: | "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
| Cc: | PgSQL General ML <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Rockets (was Re: PostgreSQL versus MySQL) |
| Date: | 2003-09-19 15:49:32 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0309190949180.14562-100000@css120.ihs.com |
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 00:30, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "scott.marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> writes:
> > > ... Being honest and fair will win
> > > hearts and minds, and when they need the Saturn 4 instead of the Estes
> > > rocket, they'll remember who to come to.
> >
> > I like this analogy, though maybe you've overstretched. Perhaps:
> >
> > MySQL = Estes. Put in InnoDB, and you have a D engine ... but it's
> > still a model rocket.
> >
> > Postgres = Titan II. Can boost LEO missions or small interplanetary
> > probes. Never mind its ICBM heritage ;-)
>
> All US (government) and Soviet/Russian rockets have ICBM roots.
>
> > Oracle = Saturn IV. Can take you to the moon ... if you can afford
> > the price tag.
>
> What's a Saturn IV? Do you mean the Saturn V?
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