On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 08:54:40PM -0400, Paul Malcher wrote:
> On 4/24/06, Jim C. Nasby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Keep in mind, there's *WAY* more Windows users than Linux users; that
> > doesn't mean Windows is a better OS.
> 
> 
> Indeed also keep in mind both Postgres and MySQL are cross platform as well.
 
Look back to the email I quoted: the user was giving the larger number
of google hits for MySQL vs PostgreSQL as a reason to choose MySQL over
PostgreSQL. My point was that just beacuse a lot of people use it
doesn't mean it's actually any good.

MySQL: the WindowsME of databases...
 
> One final thought: the support you'll be able to get from the PostgreSQL
> > community is absolutely top-notch, possibly even better than the support
> > from the SQLite community (which is really saying something). I don't
> > believe the same can be said of MySQL.
> 
> 
> Haha, I have to agree. I've run into performance issues with  MySQL in some
> of  projects, but never with Postgres. Keep in mind I'm a die hard Postgres
> user and totally loath MySQL, because its had very annoying issues.

Had? :P
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