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Re: [GENERAL] Is PostgreSQL ready for mission critical applications?

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From: Alessio Bragadini <alessio@albourne.com>
To: Stephen Birch <sbirch@ironmountainsystems.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1999-11-21T17:03:05Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
Stephen Birch wrote:

> Question: Is PostgreSQL ready for mission critical applications?

> Several people reminded me that MySQL is faster than PostgreSQL.

On this issue I simply stick with the defition I received at University:
a DBMS (DataBase Management System) does transactions. Period. MySQL is
not a DBMS, then, but something like DBM.

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