Re: Prestige users
От | Jeff Self |
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Тема | Re: Prestige users |
Дата | |
Msg-id | 1083783771.4114.11.camel@jselfpc обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: Prestige users ("scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>) |
Список | pgsql-advocacy |
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:48, scott.marlowe wrote: > On Tue, 4 May 2004, Bruce wrote: > > > We've got a raging debate going on now on whether we should move from a > > Foxpro back end to either PostgreSQL or MySQL. > > > > It's an accounting application and I feel that Postgres would be the better > > choice. Some other people (like my boss) thinks that MySQL would be better > > choice. His reasoning is that MySQL gets more publicity so it must be > > better. He says that since the Sabre airline reservation system and Yahoo > > run with MySQL, they are the best. Period. > > > > I'm sure Postgres has a couple prestige organizations that use database. If > > I could come up with some big names, I'm pretty sure we could make everyone > > into believers. Unfortunately, the only thing close to a "name" on the > > website is the company BSAF. > > > > Do you know any other well-known names? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Just try this simple test in MySQL and see if the boss still thinks it's > suitable for accounting: > > mysql> create table test (i1 int, n1 numeric(8,2)); > Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) > > mysql> insert into test values (10000000000000,100000000000.345678); > Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) > > mysql> select * from test; > +------------+------------+ > | i1 | n1 | > +------------+------------+ > | 2147483647 | 9999999.99 | > +------------+------------+ > 1 row in set (0.00 sec) > > > Wow, inspires you with confidence, huh? > > I think we've found a way to market PostgreSQL!!! Wow, I don't even think Access allows this to happen. -- Jeff Self Dept. of Information Technology City of Newport News 757-926-3741
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