From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | Eyinagho Newton <neyinagho(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Thesis on PostgreSQL |
Date: | 2004-09-03 20:11:54 |
Message-ID: | 20040903201154.GB69298@decibel.org |
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On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 02:12:43PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 2. September 2004 13:00 schrieb Eyinagho Newton:
> > Part of my final year thesis involves creating a
> > database using PostgreSQL. As a way of documentation,
> > is it correct to say that PosgreSQL belongs to the
> > fifth generation of database management systems? Where
> > does MySQL fall into? The fourth generation?
>
> I'm not aware of any generally accepted definitions of generations of database
> management systems.
Nor am I, but I'd say MySQL would be at least 2 if not 3 or 4
generations behind PostgreSQL if there was such a thing :). PostgreSQL
would also be a generation or two behind Oracle.
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