On Don, 2004-09-09 at 22:24 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
MySQL changed the license a wee bit, it now clashes with the GPL, so
the new stuff isn't being considered free enough to distribute by any
of the linux players with legal staff to advise them.
Nonsense, MySQL is licensed under the GPL.
Besides, postgreSQL in its
latest incarnation is pretty darned good.
Where MySQL provides performance, reliability, standards conformance,
and fine grained access control, PostgreSQL comes with dozens of useless
non-standard data types, requires regular maintenance, fails to use the
index for a simple MAX(), and needs a complete dump/restore for almost
every upgrade.
Tom
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