Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad?

Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>

From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>

To: Mark Woodward <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>

Cc: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>, John DeSoi <desoi@pgedit.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org

Date: 2006-05-19T20:00:19Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 03:39:23PM -0400, Mark Woodward wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, I think it's a lot more accurate to compare PostgreSQL and
> >> MySQL as FreeBSD vs Linux from about 5 years ago. Back then FreeBSD was
> >> clearly superior from a technology standpoint, and clearly playing
> >> second-fiddle when it came to users. And now, Linux is actually
> >> technically superior in most ways thanks to all the mindshare that's
> >> been poured into it.
> >
> > And with that, I am going to sit in a lawn chair and watch the bonfire.
> 
> Even I know that is NOT a discussion we want to start.

Yeah, wasn't trying to start an OS flamewar; my point is that it's now
pretty hard to find anything FreeBSD related/specific, and that the
sheer popularity of Linux has given it a huge boost in terms of
development.
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