| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Hans-Juergen Schoenig <postgres(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
| Cc: | Lukas Kahwe Smith <smith(at)pooteeweet(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: database contest results |
| Date: | 2006-08-29 14:32:34 |
| Message-ID: | 44F45002.5030204@commandprompt.com |
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> this is pure marketing.
> i have seen postgres beat mysql in many many cases. same with oracle.
I don't care if they beat us. What is ridiculous is what they said they
beat us by.
Joshua D. Drake
> i assume that those tests are all done with ISAM. with ISAM everything
> is fast but you cannot reboot the box without facing serious corruption.
> in business applications stability is as least as important as speed.
>
> as far as the mysql benchmark is concerned: it is like one of those
> studies where professor marlboro says that smoking is good for health ...
>
> best regards,
>
> hans
>
>
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