Brian Hurt wrote:
> John DeSoi wrote:
>
>> In the comments at the bottom of the article, some folks claim InnoDB
>> is going to make overall performance worse.
>>
> I have never understood the purpose of having more than one "backend" to
> the database. As near as I can figure, it's only purpose is to allow
> people to pick the wrong one.
It enables different producers of specialized database technology to
integrate their technology and thereby exposing them to a much bigger
market. I wrote a blog post on this a while back:
http://pooteeweet.org/blog/382
regards,
Lukas
