On May 31, 2005, at 4:10 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
> PostgreSQL's biggest problem seems to be be marketing. And how to
> pronounce the name <g>.
From looking at it, it is more powerful, and as a result requires
regular attention in order to keep it running well. You really need
someone to play the DBA role; maybe not a full-time person, but
certainly someone to keep an eye on things and to run the maintenance
as needed.
MySQL was designed to be secure, simple and fast, which explains why
it is so popular. ISPs could easily offer it to their clients who
wanted websites with a database, as it doesn't require the attention
that PostgreSQL does. There are an awful lot of apps that don't require
stored procedures or even subqueries, which explains how MySQL could
grow so large without those features for so long.
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