Re: Feedback from LinuxWorld, London
От | Simon Riggs |
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Тема | Re: Feedback from LinuxWorld, London |
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Msg-id | 1128980486.8300.314.camel@localhost.localdomain обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: Feedback from LinuxWorld, London (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>) |
Список | pgsql-advocacy |
On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 10:32 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: > First off, Simon, could you look at the Press FAQ to see if there's > anything missing based on your experience at LWE-SF? > http://pgfoundry.org/docman/view.php/1000047/26/press_faq.xhtml The press FAQ says: Q: How does PostgreSQL compare to MySQL? A: This is a topic that can start several hours of discussion. As a quick summary, MySQL is the "popular, easy-to-use" database, and PostgreSQL is the "feature-rich, standards-compliant" database. Beyond that, each database user should make their own evaluation; open source software makes doing your own comparison very easy. General comments, not to Josh who does a thankless task well: The FAQ is correct, it does cause hours of discussion. This topic took approximately 6 man hours of detailed technical discussion. It also hits the nail on the head: how do you make your own comparison when you don't know what to look for? when you don't know enough about databases to try? It would be useful to have a link directly from the main PostgreSQL homepage to some information for the following: 1. how many awards PostgreSQL has won and what other people have said about the MySQL v PostgreSQL debate. 2. how we stack up against MySQL. If you don't say it, people think there's nothing to say 3. what replication solutions are available - "High Availability" IMHO you either say them yourself, or place yourself in the hands of a an average 3 minute search on Google. Nothing useful found => default answer of "they sound the same, lets go with the market leader". We don't need to go for weasel words, but a slowly developing section of direct competitive information is important. Maybe thousands of people will disagree with what is said there, but that doesn't stop it being worth saying by *this* project. I've got no axe to grind against MySQL, but the projects produce two distinct database systems with different objectives and use cases. Best Regards, Simon Riggs
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