On this first day of the month, I thought it might be interesting to re-visit the conventional wisdom about postgres vs mysql. Do these seem like fair observations? Storage engines - Advantage Postgres for having far more available. Postgre has such a wide range of storage engines to choose from -- ranging from whatever proprietary backend Yahoo uses, to Fujitsu's proprietary storage engine; to PowerGres Plus's proprietary storage engine; to Netezza's hardware accelerated storage engine. In contrast, MySQL only has a few to choose from. Broad Developer base - Advantage MySQL for having a more distributed team. Postgres developers seem to be concentrated in a handful of companies. After various acquisitions, MySQL developers are scattered to the four winds. Large company support - Advantage Postgres for having larger companies support it. Fujitsu ($46 billion 2009 revenue; 185,000 employees) much bigger than that little company that bought whomever bought MySQL ($23 billion revenue; 73000 employees). Any more? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
