Yep, those were two of my very first questions too. ;)
CSN
--- "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> wrote:
>
> Stupid question, but what does MySQL bring to the
> equation? Why not just
> use PostgreSQL in the first place?
>
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, CSN wrote:
>
> > Look what somebody suggested!
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------
> >
> > If the worst happens and Oracle tries to squash
> > InnoDB, there may already be such an alternative
> out
> > there.
> >
> > I wonder what it would take to add (and optimize)
> > Postgres storage engine support to MySQL? I don't
> know
> > exactly how current versions of MySQL and Postgres
> > maesure up performance-wise, but PgSQL seems to
> have
> > made steady progress on performance improvements.
> >
> > Maybe this is a crazy idea, I don't know how
> > technically or legally feasible it is, but I
> really
> > like the idea of the two open-source communities
> > uniting to battle Oracle.
> >
> >
>
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/005490.html#comment-21233
> >
> >
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