Re: MySQL

>   I am taking this off-list -- no point in wasting everyone's time with
>   this. I don't mind that you got in the parting shot in a public
>   forum.:)

Do not hesitate to post this answer to a public forum.

>   In the future, I would recommend that you provide hard facts to back
>   up your opinions - if you do not, sensible people will discount your
>   opinion as being uninformed.

Is MySQL able to run complex queries with 4-level nested LEFT and RIGHT
JOINS, perform complex actions using a database SERVER-SIDE language (Perl,
PLsql or whatever), run TRIGGERS to perform actions, REWRITE complex queries
using RULES, display VIEWS, altogether, come back to me and we will have a
beer.

Also, please note that your level 3 odbc driver does not work well. Do you
provide an enhanced GUI like pgAdmin2? This is not a question of technical
facts, PostgreSQL wins. Not a single serious programmer would trust MySQL for
all databases of a large company (I mean "all").

The problem is that you, at MySQL.com, are feeding the database user
community with:
- pre-written emails,
- pre-compiled marketing information (INNODB, "Transactions"),
- pre-written benchmarks sent to journalists (I noticed these were always the
same benchmarks...).

The main difference between "you" and "us" is that MySQL is a company and we
are a community. We don't whaste time sending marketing information...

Have a look at your homepage. This is not serious :

+ MySQL a winner in server database clash - 27 Feb 2002
In a recent database benchmark test performed by Ziff Davis Media Inc., the
company behind PC Magazine, eWeek and other well-known publications, MySQL
stands out as a winner.
= You sent them a benchmark and they published it. Tell me, how many people
are in charge of Journalists at MySQL (specialists, developpers, students,
how many?). At least the team who wrote this homepage. So, how many?

+ Letter from the CEO - 08 Feb 2002
= HaHaHa

+ Enhanced MySQL ODBC driver released - 31 Jan 2002
= Do you mean it never worked until 31 Jan 2002. I lost so much time with
your odbc crap.

+ U.S. Census Bureau Reaps Awards from MySQL-based Web Sites 14 Jan 2002
= Propaganda. Again, who wrote this article? Is it what you call an article?
Do you send pre-written articles to journalists?

+ Name the Dolphin has Ended - 10 Jan 2002
= Propaganda

+MySQL pushes Yahoo! into InfoWorld 100 list - 30 Nov 2001
= HaHaHa

+Leading European VCs Invest in MySQL AB - 12 Nov 2001
= And you really believe you can survive the PostgreSQL wave?

This is brain-wash my friend. So please brain-wash people on MySQL list, not
here, please.

Regards,
Jean-Michel POURE