On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 16:59 -0400, korry wrote: > > > > http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/CEO-Calls-MySQLs-the-Ferrari-of-Databases/ > > > > I can see that, the engines from both companies make similar speed > > versus reliability trade-offs: http://www.f1technical.net/news/8507 > When they fail, they fail fast I think they have interpreted the flaws of MySQL as something they can sell more services with - so, dangerous, difficult to use etc all mean additional $$$. It's certainly what Oracle did for years. -- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com