Re: MySQL versus Postgres

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Peter Bex <Peter(dot)Bex(at)xs4all(dot)nl> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 02:25:27PM -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote:
>> For an extra added bonus, show a click-path from the front page
>> mysql.com to the documentation.  I gave up and just entered
>> mysql.com/documentation which kicked off the search engine and let me
>> click somewhere into the 5.1 docs.  Yes I know they're on
>> dev.mysql.com but still, it feels like a total brochure site from the
>> front end.
>
> I know :)  They actually have TWO sites: mysql.com which is indeed
> a commercial outlet where they try to sell you their commercial offering
> and mysql.org which is geared toward developers.  The manual is "only"
> three clicks away on that site.

Yeah, the difference between the MySQL site(s) and the PostgreSQL
site(s) is kinda like Microsoft versus Apple (the ui, not their
websites). Everything you need on pgsql is a click or two away, and
the direction to head is pretty obvious. Not so much with mysql's
site.