From: | "Mark Cave-Ayland" <m(dot)cave-ayland(at)webbased(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL 8.1 vs. MySQL 5.0? |
Date: | 2005-10-06 22:42:57 |
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Hi everyone,
I've just got back from LinuxWorld in London and seeing this thread thought
I would share my experience of the MySQL stand - if you are of a delicate
dispostion, please look away now. I basically asked them straight up why I
should use MySQL instead of PostgreSQL and was quite surprised by the
result, mainly since it was not done on features but more on FUD. The basic
message was this:
- MySQL is the most popular open source database, with over 6m
"enterprise"
installs, with a large company supporting it. PostgreSQL is run by a
very
small community of developers.
- MySQL can be clustered (This was later retracted when I mentioned
I
needed something that would work on large tables, as apparently
their
clustering only works in RAM and so will fail on large queries and
queries
that use a lot of joins).
- All the companies that have tried to operate by selling PostgreSQL
support
services have gone bankrupt, except for EnterpriseDB.
- PostgreSQL doesn't have row level locking.
And this last comment really took the biscuit - I really hope that the none
of the core team read this and decide to throw in the towel:
"MySQL has the biggest collection of database experts... Open source
people
don't know how to write databases"
So all in all, to say I was upset by some of these comments was an
understatement. To all the people I spoke to on the PostgreSQL stand, I hope
I did it in a way that made them feel empowered to go and try the PostgreSQL
for their own applications by mentioning its benefits, and not by spreading
FUD about its competition.
Mark.
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