Re: MySQL 5 comparison

> Has anyone spent any time with the MySQL 5.0 alpha, set to go into
beta
> shortly
(http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/01/04/HNmysql5beta_1.html)?
>
> Would be interesting to have a rudimentary comparison checklist - not
so
> much benchmarks, as features, as they seem to have added a lot. And
any
> info on how they've implemented these features (e.g. multiple table
types
> in order to use different features, etc.) would be of interest.
>
> Cheers,
> Ned

Putting my advocacy hat on,
If you look at their description of the upcoming features, it's
saturated with words like 'basic', 'initial', and 'rudimentary'. I
don't think mysql 5.0 will be a watershed moment where it will become
the database of choice for industrial application development...

The new stuff on a point by point feature comparison may look
impressive, but they need to work on internal stuff like the locking
engine, get some real logging etc.

On a more even handed note, it's nice to see them get some real
features. Open source success stories are not zero-sum, so what's good
for them is not necessarily bad for us. Competition is good, but pg is
at least 3 years ahead of them in development!

Merlin