Interesting
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Adam Lang wrote:
> I got a magazine dropped on my desk just now called Storage Management
> Solutions. On the cover they have a listing for "Open Source
> Databases".They talk about Postgresql, MySQL and Interbase. Just a snippet
> of the article:
>
> "In recent benchmark testing, the open source databases performed well
> against the two leading proprietary database vendors. Xperts, Inc. ran the
> industry-standard ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable (AS3AP), a
> rudimentary test that measures raw speed and scalability, against the three
> leading open source, and the two leading commercial applications.
> Postgresql performed an average of four to five times faster than every
> other database measured. MySQL and Interbase also demonstrated impressive
> speeds, outperforming the proprietary applications with small numbers of
> users. But speed, of course, isn't everything."
>
> If I see any other interesting comments in the article, I'll pass them
> along.
>
> Adam Lang
> Systems Engineer
> Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
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