Re: Rockets (was Re: PostgreSQL versus MySQL)

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:49:32 -0600 (MDT) "scott.marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Ron Johnson wrote:

> > What's a Saturn IV? Do you mean the Saturn V?
>
> http://www.aviation-central.com/space/usm50.htm

actually, may i suggeset

http://www.astronautix.com/lvfam/saturnv.htm

there actually was a design for a "Saturn IV" (really called a Saturn C4,
the contemporary Saturn C5 became the Saturn V, and development of the C4
was dropped) see

http://www.astronautix.com/lvfam/saturnc.htm)

this is awfully off topic, but here is a web page i've been working on
sporadically now for a couple of months that rocketheads may find
interesting:

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.

cheers,
richard
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