Re: Great site for comparing databases (or anything else)

> It seems to be based on the honor system.  When you click "Rank", it
> asks you what databases you're familiar with.  Then you can stack rank
> those databases across various questions.  It's possible people could
> lie and say they know about mySQL and Postgres when in reality they
> don't, but hopefully the overall results would be accurate.  Actually
> one of the reasons I posted it here was because I was hoping more
> database experts could weigh in with their opinions..
>
> Mike
>
> On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Stephen Cook <sclists@gmail.com
> <mailto:sclists@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 10/27/2012 5:18 PM, Mike Christensen wrote:
>
>         Just came across this one:
>
>         http://hammerprinciple.com/__databases/items/mysql/__postgresql
>         <http://hammerprinciple.com/databases/items/mysql/postgresql>
>
>         mySQL is great for embedding in applications though?  Have they
>         not read Oracle's license?
>
>
>     Does it say anywhere on that site if the people surveyed know both
>     databases well enough to judge these questions? I can't find
>     anything about that, and the site also ranks gin and martial arts,
>     so I'm not sure sure it has much value.
I saw lots of discussion about the results shown in the website. I would
say that it is always good to have something to start with. And I vote
for it.
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Emi