On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Rodrigo E. De León Plicet
> <rdeleonp@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.dbms2.com/2011/11/23/hope-for-a-new-postgresql-era/
>>
>> Some of the points mentioned:
>> - MySQL is narrowing the gap, but PostgreSQL is still ahead of MySQL
>> in some ways. (Database extensibility if nothing else.)
>
> There is simply no comparing mysql's backend programming features with
> those of postgres. Postgres is a development platform in a box, mysql
> is not.
A key point, I think, but not just as a comparison against other RDBMS.
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