Re: 12 Silver Bullets

On August 15, 2007 08:17 am, Bob Zurek wrote:
> Agree..but doesn't it make sense to start with what is perceived as the
> head to head competitor in the open source space first?

No it does not, that is like asking Porsche to go head to head with Yugo.

Just because the 2 are on the same price point does not mean they are in the
same class. And I agree while having some sort of comparison sheet that says
why pg over mysql, we should have the same for the real DB's in our class.

>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Berkus [mailto:josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 7:48 PM
> To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Cc: Bob Zurek
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] 12 Silver Bullets
>
> Bob,
>
> > Anyone ever put together something I call a Silver Bullet list that
> > showcases the top 12 features in PostgreSQL that could kill MySQL?
> >
> > Care to contribute? Any advice?
>
> Have you read the discussion and wiki pages around PostgreSQL vs. MySQL?
>
> Also, quite frankly, I'm thinking that I'd rather target the DBs with
> money
> (Oracle, DB2, MSSQL).

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