Re: Re: Why PostgreSQL is not that popular as MySQL?

On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 08:26:12PM -0800, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> Raymond Chui writes:
> > I am wonder why most of people choose MySQL in Linux
> > world rather than PostgreSQL?
>
> I've bounced between a couple of different DBMS over
> the last year, and I have some pretty straightforward
> ideas about the relative strengths of the ones I've
> worked with:
>
> Oracle:
>   Plus: complete, fast, reliable
>   Minus: expensive and a PITA to install and administer
>
> MySQL:
>   Plus: lightweight, easy to administer, very fast
>     with simple queries/updates
>   Minus: slow with a mix of complex queries and updates,
>     incomplete SQL support.
>
> PostgreSQL:
>   Plus: more complete than MySQL, good performance
>     under a variety of situations
>   Minus: no BLOBs (soon to be rectified, I understand),
*snip*

> Of course, the MySQL developers aren't sitting still;
> if they continue to improve MySQL to meet their
> user's needs, then in a few years, MySQL could be
> just as complete as PostgreSQL.
>
>             - Tim

...assuming that PostgreSQL development halts for that time. ;-)

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