Re: Postgresql usage clip.
Brett W. McCoy <bmccoy@chapelperilous.net>
From: "Brett W. McCoy" <bmccoy@chapelperilous.net>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc: Ron Chmara <ron@Opus1.COM>, Lincoln Yeoh <lylyeoh@mecomb.com>, Erich <hh@cyberpass.net>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-05-30T03:01:26Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Mon, 29 May 2000, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> > This has "fire" written all over it....
> >
> > But as somebody who uses both, in large scale (er.. global) enterprise
> > level data management, each has it's place. MySQL has much faster
> > simple table scans, but it cannot handle the complex structures that
> > Pgsql can. Pgsql has scads of additional features, but is limited
> > in platform support compared to mysql.
>
> Huh? You caught my eye on this one ... what platform are we missing? :(
Actually, I daresay PostgreSQL runs on more platforms, than other RDBMSes.
Brett W. McCoy
http://www.chapelperilous.net
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