http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/CEO-Calls-MySQLs-the-Ferrari-of-Databases/ I can see that, the engines from both companies make similar speed versus reliability trade-offs: http://www.f1technical.net/news/8507
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/CEO-Calls-MySQLs-the-Ferrari-of-Databases/
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