Re: Re: RE: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare

From: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>
To: Gregory Wood <gregw(at)com-stock(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: RE: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare
Date: 2001-01-03 13:05:38
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.30.0101030803370.38304-100000@paprika.michvhf.com
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On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Gregory Wood wrote:

> > Then it goes right back to what someone else eluded to... If you don't
> > like what you see in the documentation, contribute. Send in diffs, or
> > even new items. If you don't know what's needed go to the DOCS list and
> > ask. Getting people to help with documentation for ANY project is like
> > pulling teeth. Finding people to criticize existing documentation is
> > quite easy.
>
> What a horrible chicken and egg scenario... you can't help with providing
> documentation until you have some deal of experience with something, but if
> you ask for better documentation to get that experience, you are told to
> write some. I understand the frustration, but at the same time, please
> understand the frustration of those trying to learn. Personally I find the
> documentation is more than adequate, but could always be improved. Hopefully
> I will learn enough at some point to be able to say that I'm ready to
> contribute... until then I'll be here feeding off the scraps of knowledge
> that are dribbled here and there...

You need to read things again 'cuze you completely missed the point.

Vince.
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