Re: database contest results

> this is pure marketing.
> i have seen postgres beat mysql in many many cases. same with oracle.

I don't care if they beat us. What is ridiculous is what they said they
beat us by.

Joshua D. Drake


> i assume that those tests are all done with ISAM. with ISAM everything
> is fast but you cannot reboot the box without facing serious corruption.
> in business applications stability is as least as important as speed.
>
> as far as the mysql benchmark is concerned: it is like one of those
> studies where professor marlboro says that smoking is good for health ...
>
>    best regards,
>
>       hans
>
>


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