Re: Rockets (was Re: PostgreSQL versus MySQL)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Richard Welty <rwelty(at)averillpark(dot)net>
Cc: PgSQL General ML <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Rockets (was Re: PostgreSQL versus MySQL)
Date: 2003-09-19 21:41:06
Message-ID: 9159.1064007666@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Richard Welty <rwelty(at)averillpark(dot)net> writes:
> http://www.averillpark.net/space/booster.html

> I would suggest that if Tom wanted to use the rocket analogy, he might want
> to compare PostgreSQL to maybe a contemporary Atlas 5 medium configuration.
> the Titan II is quite old now and there's only one more launch scheduled.

Sheesh. This is what I get for making an off-the-cuff analogy without
researching it first, I guess ;-)

For the record, I did mean Saturn V, not IV.

regards, tom lane

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