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Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL on Slashdot
- From: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
- 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: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:04:43 +0000
Brian Hurt wrote:
Jeffrey Webster wrote:It's comparing Postgres 7.2 (seriously ancient) vr.s MySql 5.0 (modern). It's also 2+ years old.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.
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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