On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> to include PostgreSQL in addition to MySQL in an enhancement package.
>
> I'm involved in a beta for some extensions for said vendor, and am looking
> for COGENT
> arguments for them to include BOTH MySQL (they already include MySQL in the
> package, and
> for the "other OS" may "have" to do PG for stability reasons).
>
> Anyone on this list have arguments I can use?
>
> I can't say the vendors name due to NDA, but if you've seen my postings,
> you can guess.
1: MySQL 4.1 GPLs the connect libs. I.e. either you buy a commercial
license or you GPL your code. Hence, all installations this vendor wants
to sell will need to include a commercially licensed MySQL.
2: supporting ANSI standard SQL is a good idea (TM) because it makes it
that much easier to port to other databases. I.e. the initial cost of
porting to Postgresql makes porting to the third, fourth, etc... databases
that much easier.
3: Stability and load handling are better in Postgresql. But you already
kinda mentioned that one.