Re: FW: [webmaster] Comparison to MySQL

>MySQL 4 Cons:
>    -- Few SQL Features:  MySQL does not currently have procedure or function
>support, no schema, does not support many types of subselects, and
>transaction support is very new with some reported problems and exceptions.
>    -- Not ACID Compliant:  Does not fullfill standard ACID defintitions, due to
>numerous weaknesses in constraints, data typing and transaction isolation.
>See http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html for more information.
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Personally I think we should have the info on a postgresql site.


>    -- Dual License:  due to MySQL's GPL license, you must purchase a license
>from MySQL AB for many commercial applications.
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This isn't accurate. It would be more accurate to say "for closed source
applications".

>    -- Single-Company Project:  the MySQL Project is owned and controlled by a
>single company, MySQL AB.   This means that the project lives or dies with
>that company, which is currently venture-capital funded.
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This is also inaccurate as MySQL is GPL so the project would live on.

>    -- Questionable Reliability:  Lack of open-source hot backup tools and
>automated database recovery utilities make MySQL very vulnerable to system
>failures and hardware problems.
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The term Questionable Reliability is a little flammatory... just
Reliability would probably
suffice. The description afterwords pretty much makes it questionable.

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