Re: UN FAO Chooses MySQL over Postgres!?!?!

Ned Lilly wrote:
> Yeah, but the Oil for Food Program used Oracle ;-)

Ouch.

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> Joshua Kramer wrote:
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>> Oh, my.... I wonder how they came to these conclusions!
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>> http://linuxpr.com/releases/8687.html
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>> "With the release of MySQL 5.0 and its new features -- including
>> stored procedures, triggers and views -- the reasons why we were
>> looking at PostgreSQL no longer existed," continued Vertucci. "MySQL
>> proved to be easier to set up, easier to manage and has become a
>> widely-deployed standard in the developing countries, helping
>> governments to achieve significant costs savings, without sacrificing
>> database speed and power."
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>> Cheers,
>> Josh
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