Re: FW: [webmaster] Comparison to MySQL

On Monday 10 November 2003 23:32, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Folks,
>
> PLEASE run your response by the list before sending it to them.    The
> MySQL vs. PostgreSQL issue is a hot topic and we really don't want to make
> a bad impression on people outside our community.
>
> Also, I think it benefits us more to focus on our features rather than
> MySQL's shortcomings.  MySQL *is* the appropriate database for some things,
> and we owe it to potential users to give them a fair evaluation of when
> PostgreSQL is appropriate, and when MySQL is.
>
> The MySQL team now has the general policy of doing the same thing (they
> didn't always, I know, but things have changed), and we can hardly afford
> to be seen as less fair than them.

OK, this was result of some efforts on advocacy, IIRC..:-)

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 Shridhar