Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:04:12 +0100 From: Antony T Curtis <antony@abacus.co.uk> To: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oracle, Message-ID: <3AFAADEC.DD77CE26@abacus.co.uk> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0105082028480.27974-100000@flanders.intelos.net> <003b01c0d872$733f8d30$060aa8c0@celery> <xzpzocliclr.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <15098.39238.25226.854963@guru.mired.org> <3AFAA59F.FFA53737@abacus.co.uk> <20010510153947.A93543@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Rasputin wrote: > > * Antony T Curtis <antony@abacus.co.uk> [010510 15:30]: > > Mike Meyer wrote: > > > > > > Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> types: > > > > "JL" <jl@burghcom.com> writes: > > > Remember the purpose of MySQL: It is a fast, cheap and cheerful database > > system for those who need something meatier than MSQL but not as fat as > > PostgreSQL. > > Fair enough, but in that case it's hardly a replacement for Oracle. To replace Oracle, PostgreSQL would be a better choice... However, for my tasks, it's JDBC driver is less featureful than I would like. Someone needs to complete it, and write the XA transaction stuff too. THEN it would suddenly become popular. > > It has it's niche. Just because it lacks feature XYZ doesn't mean it's > > completely useless.... > > Well, half the Net seem to use it these days, so you're right there. It's name rolls off the tounge easier than PostgreSQL.... Is there an official FAQ as to how to say it? I've always said it as "Post Gre S Q L". > It's worth pointing out that: > > PostgreSQL is BSD-licensed, whereas MySQL has > the G** Virus. True... But there again, I started using MySQL from before it had the GPL license. IMO, that was done more for "marketing" than any other reason. > PostgreSQL seems to hsve a better reputation for stability, but MySQL > is much more popular. for some inexplicable reason. > > I could draw parallels between 2 operating systems here, but I won't. Well - the reason why I have been using MySQL - due to it's simplicity and lower goals, it is much easier to hack and add in a little feature here or there. There's no stored produre support but manually writing one in isn't such a big problem. > -- > As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree" -- probably because it's > so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. > -- Woody Allen > Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: -- ANTONY T CURTIS Tel: +44 (1635) 36222 Abacus Polar Holdings Ltd Fax: +44 (1635) 38670 > Reality is for people who lack imagination. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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