Where is Postgesql ? - MYSQL SURPRISES WITH MAXDB / MySQL appliance for Linux arrives

From: Martin_Hurst(at)dom(dot)com
To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Where is Postgesql ? - MYSQL SURPRISES WITH MAXDB / MySQL appliance for Linux arrives
Date: 2003-12-01 19:29:16
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It would appear that MySQL is making great strides into the commercial and
even the enterprise arena.

I am not seeing the same news coverage being said about Postgresql.
I believe Postgresql has been a much better rdbms than MySQL for a long
time, so then why has not Postgresql grabbed the commercial and enterprise
arena before MySQL did?

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MYSQL SURPRISES WITH MAXDB | SearchEnterpriseLinux.com

MySQL isn't just an inexpensive data store any more. It's gone
mission-critical, says CEO Marten Mickos, who adds that his company
is capable of servicing and supporting an enterprise's database needs
and still fit neatly alongside Oracle and other big database players.

For the full details, click:
http://www.searchenterpriselinux.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci937988,00.html?track=NL-76

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MySQL appliance for Linux arrives:

"The product is highly reliable, very fast, and straightforward to use,"
Robert Frances Group's Robinson said. "The company is engaging in a number
of partnerships (Pogo and SAP) both to enhance its own product and to
increase its level of commercial support. Commercial support is critical to
increasing the number of enterprise deployments of MySQL, and the company
and its partners have done an admirable job of addressing this issue."

http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci913719,00.html

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