| From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | Brian Hurt <bhurt(at)janestcapital(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Jeffrey Webster <icwebby(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL on Slashdot |
| Date: | 2006-12-18 21:04:43 |
| Message-ID: | 4587026B.1060902@postgresql.org |
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Brian Hurt wrote:
> Jeffrey Webster wrote:
>
>> Anyone read this? Thoughts?
>>
>> Doesn't seem all that unbiased to me. I don't recommend posting to
>> their thread, since it would be a holy war. But it's interesting to
>> read people's thoughts about what's important in a database. i.e.
>> speed rules over data integrity.
>>
> It's comparing Postgres 7.2 (seriously ancient) vr.s MySql 5.0
> (modern). It's also 2+ years old.
Yeah, despite the fact that it acknowledges that 8.0 exists (or would
have done shortly).
The comment that made me chuckle though was:
Oracle has an expert named Tom - asktom.oracle.com - who is a genius and
answers all my questions. Postgres has an expert, also named Tom, who is
a genius and answers all my questions on the newsgroup.
-Angvaw
Regards, Dave.
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