Re: [GENERAL] Is PostgreSQL ready for mission critical applications?

From: Alessio Bragadini <alessio(at)albourne(dot)com>
To: Stephen Birch <sbirch(at)ironmountainsystems(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Is PostgreSQL ready for mission critical applications?
Date: 1999-11-21 17:03:05
Message-ID: 383825C9.F12223D4@albourne.com
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Stephen Birch wrote:

> Question: Is PostgreSQL ready for mission critical applications?

> Several people reminded me that MySQL is faster than PostgreSQL.

On this issue I simply stick with the defition I received at University:
a DBMS (DataBase Management System) does transactions. Period. MySQL is
not a DBMS, then, but something like DBM.

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