From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Lukas Kahwe Smith <smith(at)pooteeweet(dot)org> |
Cc: | Jeffrey Webster <icwebby(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL on Slashdot |
Date: | 2006-12-18 20:28:40 |
Message-ID: | 200612182028.kBIKSeS08873@momjian.us |
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Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
> Jeffrey Webster wrote:
> > 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.
>
> The comparison is totally outdated. Even back then it was not accurate,
> neither on MySQL nor on PostgreSQL. As for speed over data integrity,
> MySQL users have become accustomed to making these trade off's, which
> does make MySQL a better fit for some projects. I dont really see any
> lesson for PostgreSQL in there though.
I thought the Slashdot comments were almost universally stating the
article was outdated, biased, and that PostgreSQL feature are
significant.
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