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Comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL 2

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the backend-makes-the-frontend-go dept.

Mr. Jax writes "6 years ago Mr Poet submitted the story Comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL. Since then both databases have evolved to wherever they are today. Are the points raised 6 years ago still valid? What has changed? Are there other things to consider since then (e.g. licensing)?" This is certainly a valid question since both databases have had to evolve with the times. Have these applications been specialized to fit a particular niche market or are they both still strong competitors? What does the horizon look like for the development of these programs, especially considering the recent MySQL partnership with SCO?

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  1. Re:Also by ignavus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's nip this one in the bud:

    vi is better than emacs, but mcedit is better than either.

    debian is better than the other distros.

    PostgreSQL is better than MySQL (which makes puppies want to cry).

    WindowMaker is simply elegant, and better than than either Gnome or KDE, but Gnome is better than KDE.

    Right. Can I offend anyone else?

    Ah, yes, I can. Perl is better than Python, because it simply is. Syntactic whitespace is spawn of the devil, while we all know that Larry Wall is a Nice Guy(TM).

    But, he whispers, PHP is better than Perl (sorry, Larry).

    And JavaScript is not as bad as people make out - quite a nice little language in my opining. It's only silly flaw was allowing newlines to terminate statements (see evil whitespace comment above).

    Commandline is faster than GUI, but mc is faster than command line (otherwise why do you use vi or emacs instead of ed, hmmm?????)

    Which brings me back to the original question. Er, what was it again?

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    I am anarch of all I survey.