| From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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| To: | Mark Cave-Ayland <m(dot)cave-ayland(at)webbased(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL 8.1 vs. MySQL 5.0? |
| Date: | 2005-10-07 00:34:06 |
| Message-ID: | 20051007003406.GF30487@fetter.org |
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On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 11:42:57PM +0100, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've just got back from LinuxWorld in London and seeing this thread
> thought I would share my experience of the MySQL stand - if you are
> of a delicate dispostion, please look away now. I basically asked
> them straight up why I should use MySQL instead of PostgreSQL and
> was quite surprised by the result, mainly since it was not done on
> features but more on FUD. The basic message was this:
[FUD elided]
Did you happen to get names and quotes for any of these? As in, "On
October 1, 2005, at LinuxWorld London, Foo McBar said, ' ... '"
One way to keep the FUD to a minimum is to hold the FUDster personally
responsible for it.
Cheers,
D
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