I had a similar experience speaking to the MySQL folks at (the last) COMDEX. After trying to get them to explain how their licenses work, I was even more confused (and two reps even gave conflicting info). CSN > Hi everyone, > > I've just got back from LinuxWorld in London and seeing this thread thought > I would share my experience of the MySQL stand - if you are of a delicate > dispostion, please look away now. I basically asked them straight up why I > should use MySQL instead of PostgreSQL and was quite surprised by the > result, mainly since it was not done on features but more on FUD. The basic > message was this: > > - MySQL is the most popular open source database, with over 6m > "enterprise" > installs, with a large company supporting it. PostgreSQL is run by a > very > small community of developers. > > - MySQL can be clustered (This was later retracted when I mentioned > I > needed something that would work on large tables, as apparently > their > clustering only works in RAM and so will fail on large queries and > queries > that use a lot of joins). > > - All the companies that have tried to operate by selling PostgreSQL > support > services have gone bankrupt, except for EnterpriseDB. > > - PostgreSQL doesn't have row level locking. > > And this last comment really took the biscuit - I really hope that the none > of the core team read this and decide to throw in the towel: > > "MySQL has the biggest collection of database experts... Open source > people > don't know how to write databases" > > So all in all, to say I was upset by some of these comments was an > understatement. To all the people I spoke to on the PostgreSQL stand, I hope > I did it in a way that made them feel empowered to go and try the PostgreSQL > for their own applications by mentioning its benefits, and not by spreading > FUD about its competition. > > > Mark. > > ------------------------ > WebBased Ltd > South West Technology Centre > Tamar Science Park > Plymouth > PL6 8BT __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
