Re: The big MySQL spin - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: The big MySQL spin
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Msg-id 200403110408.i2B487D04306@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: The big MySQL spin  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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Neil Conway wrote:
> Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> > OMG.  Quotes like this just make me want to vomit:
> >
> > "While something like PostgreSQL or Berkeley DB are straight
> > democracies," he explained, "MySQL -- and JBoss, to an extent -- are
> > more akin to representative democracies, such we have here in the
> > U.S. It's more efficient over the long haul."
>
> I personally think Mr. Garry is wrong on both counts (PostgreSQL is
> *not* a democracy, and neither is MySQL), but I'm not sure what it has
> to do with us. An analyst has an opinion on a subjective matter, and
> it happened to be reported in a news story. Big deal.

I sort of thought we were a democracy, no?

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