Re: more anti-postgresql FUD

On 10/10/06, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> 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 benchmark is outdated, but that does not make it FUD.

ok, i'll grant that you are tecnically correct (not exactly FUD).
there seems to be no issue of intent here. however, if you are going
to compare two databases on a core feature such as performance, it's
important to keep your information up to date and factual. regardless
of the specifics in the document, it's important to consider the
perception of an uninformed person will come away with. this should
alse be considered in light of relatively public controversy (ableit
in narrow circles) surrounding some of the comments in the mysql
documentation in 2001.

merlin