From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> |
Cc: | Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: The big MySQL spin |
Date: | 2004-03-11 04:08:07 |
Message-ID: | 200403110408.i2B487D04306@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Neil Conway wrote:
> Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> > OMG. Quotes like this just make me want to vomit:
> >
> > "While something like PostgreSQL or Berkeley DB are straight
> > democracies," he explained, "MySQL -- and JBoss, to an extent -- are
> > more akin to representative democracies, such we have here in the
> > U.S. It's more efficient over the long haul."
>
> I personally think Mr. Garry is wrong on both counts (PostgreSQL is
> *not* a democracy, and neither is MySQL), but I'm not sure what it has
> to do with us. An analyst has an opinion on a subjective matter, and
> it happened to be reported in a news story. Big deal.
I sort of thought we were a democracy, no?
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