RE: Why is there so much MySQL bashing???

You're right of course, I should have left that out... but my point is
still valid.

-philip

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Craig L. Ching wrote:

> Take your own advice and keep it professional. Drop the part about whining
> losers and people might not take this as a troll. ;-) Sorry to everyone,
> but I just couldn't resist answering this.
>
> Cheers,
> Craig
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Philip Hallstrom [mailto:philip(at)adhesivemedia(dot)com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 5:05 PM
> > To: PostgreSQL General
> > Subject: [GENERAL] Why is there so much MySQL bashing???
> >
> >
> > Hi all -
> > I'm not here to start a war, but it seems to me that there is a
> > fairly large amount of MySQL bashing in this group. Why? What's the
> > point? It seems to me that if PostgreSQL wants an enemy to fight it
> > should be Microsoft SQLServer and Oracle. It seems to me that it's
> > PostgreSQL/MySQL vs those two. Why fight amongst ourselves?
> >
> > Now, if there is something truly lacking in MySQL, that completely
> > different because this stuff ends up in the archives and people make
> > decisions based off what they find there. However, it needs
> > to be kept
> > professional, don't you think?
> >
> > What are my impressions going to be of PostgreSQL (and now
> > Great Bridge
> > since their name will pop up as well) if I search for "mysql vs
> > postgresql" and see a lot of mysql bashing posts in thse
> > lists? I'm going
> > to think you all are a bunch of whining losers who can't fathom the
> > possibility that there might be good (or even better) alternatives out
> > there.
> >
> >
> > That can't be good for PostgreSQL, can it?
> >
> > -philip
> >
> >
>