Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx> writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Am 15.02.2007 um 11:21 schrieb Marc Evans: >> These *peeeeeeep* [deleted] compared MySQL with MyISAM to ACID compliant >> databases. So why not compare an F-15 to 747? What? Apples and Oranges? > Bad analogy. Both the F-15 and 747 are high-performance (within > their problem domains) and have redundancy out the wazoo. I think it's a fine analogy, precisely because they're both good in their respective problem domains. Try to carry 500 people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in an F-15. No? Try to win a dogfight in a 747. No? But they both fly, so it must be useful to compare them... especially on the basis of the most simplistic test case you can think of. For extra points, use *only one* test case. Perhaps this paper can be described as "comparing an F-15 to a 747 on the basis of required runway length". regards, tom lane
