On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 11:29:23AM -0400, Mark Woodward wrote: > I kind of agree with this statement, but while I was playing devils's > advocate and just grousing a bit about having to use MySQL, there is a > sort of reality of "openomics" where mind-share is everything. > > The more mind-share you have, the more opportunities you have and the more > resources become available. Not always, of course, look at OpenSSH, but > for the most part. > > As MySQL adds features, not matter how poorly implemented, and maintain a > migration path, we will never reach their users. > > PostgreSQL is better, true, but it is not ideal in many ways. It can be > best said that the difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL is similar to > the difference between Linux/BSD and Windows.
Actually, I think it's a lot more accurate to compare PostgreSQL and MySQL as FreeBSD vs Linux from about 5 years ago. Back then FreeBSD was clearly superior from a technology standpoint, and clearly playing second-fiddle when it came to users. And now, Linux is actually technically superior in most ways thanks to all the mindshare that's been poured into it. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
