Here's a question: to learn the basics of db admin, should I use MySQL, or Posgres?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Turnpike Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Interesting article: Ellison: Linux will wipe Microsoft out of the data center > I agree... MySQL is great for home grown apps like on personal websites... even > small apps in business... threat to Oracle? nah... > > David M. > > --- Chris Hedemark wrote: > > Our guys have collectively turned their noses up at MySQL after trying > > it on one production application. Some of the standard features they > > expected from an RDBMS were not there, and they had to do messy SQL to > > get around it. Don't shoot the messenger. I don't think MySQL is a > > serious threat to Oracle, or at least it won't be in the next 5 years. > > PostgreSQL isn't as fast for us as Oracle on the same hardware, but the > > money saved can justify faster hardware (and a lot of change left > > over). The feature set is there, the scalability is there. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > http://tax.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
