From: | adb <adb(at)Beast(dot)COM> |
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To: | "J(dot)H(dot)M(dot) Dassen (Ray)" <jdassen(at)cistron(dot)nl> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Re: PostgreSQL vs Oracle vs DB2 vs MySQL - Which should I use? |
Date: | 2001-02-12 21:56:44 |
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Oracle and DB2 also have a lot more kitchen sink features
sorta like the developers were bored and the marketing department
thought it would sound good to be able to say that the database
had a built in message queue and java vm etc....
If you work at a company that spends a lot of money and uses a lot
of third party aplications on top of the database it's hard to
avoid using one of the mainstream ones.
If you work at a company that tends to use things like linux or freebsd
and you have developers who write in things like C, perl, php, even java
etc.. then postgres is almost a no brainer.
Alex.
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
> Stephen Livesey <ste(at)exact3ex(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> >Please could someone explain what are the major differences between
> >PostgreSQL, Oracle 8i, DB2 and MySQL.
>
> Of these, MySQL lacks a number of features associated with "serious"
> database development; see e.g.
> http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html
>
> The major difference between PostgreSQL and Oracle 8i or DB2 is that
> PostgreSQL is free software. All of them are deployed for serious
> application development.
>
> HTH,
> Ray
> --
> "The software `wizard' is the single greatest obstacle to computer literacy
> since the Mac."
> http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MichaelKellen/MichaelKellen1.html
>
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