Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL vs. Oracle, 2005 report card

They also say that mysql is free, which isn't the case for commercial
applications.

On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 07:36:44PM +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> On Friday 11 Feb 2005 6:07 pm, Marques Johansson wrote:
> > A recent Slashdot thread on MySQL performance
> > (http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/11/038232&from=rss)
> > contains a comment mentioning the following Fermilab report from May 2003:
> >
> > http://www-css.fnal.gov/dsg/external/freeware/mysql-vs-pgsql.html
> >
> > With the release of PostgreSQL 8.0, how does PostgreSQL currently stand?
> 
> That seems to be fairly old and hence out-of-sync. Things have move a lot 
> since, for all the products involved.
> 
> But still I find it rather harsh on postgresql.  8K row limit is long gone and 
> postgresql does support online backup, to mention a few.
> 
> PostgreSQL now has native windows port, tablespaces and many many replication 
> solutions, not to mention a list of companies that offer PostgreSQL support.
> 
>  Shridhar
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