I'm asking for a beginners aspect of learning the basics. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Perrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Interesting article: Ellison: Linux will wipe Microsoft out of the data center
> Not sure why you'd bother with MySQL - PostgreSQL has more features for > the same price. Just my 2c. > > ap > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu > > > On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Roy Vestal wrote: > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
