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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Re[2]: Oracle vs Mysql
Jonathan,
The only reason MySql is "known" better is that big mouth equal to Bill Gates in Finland. Otherwise PostGreSql is the much better product.
Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle Certified 8i DBA
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Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 1:49 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Tuesday, January 20, 2004, 1:29:25 PM, DENNIS WILLIAMS (DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM) wrote: DW> I can recall editorials debating whether Unix/Oracle would ever be DW> industrial strength enough to support critical applications.
I admit to not being involved in databases that far back, but I've read enough to believe that Oracle was definitely the upstart in the early days, much like MySQL is now, and that's reason enough for Oracle Corp to worry about this new competition. Oracle grew up and became the heavyweight, and MySQL seems to be trying to follow the same path.
All MySQL really needs to do is to add capability fast enough to keep up with the demands of their current customers. Their customers will grow, will continue to use MySQL, and as the product becomes more capable, more customers will jump on the bandwagon.
DW> The story the author relates has to do with distributed databases. Ingres DW> was developing a distributed database capability. Larry got wind of this and DW> announced an new product "SQL*Star", that hadn't even been discussed within DW> Oracle.
LOL! Took guts to do that. Larry must've given the developers heart-burn.
DW> My point is that each time these free databases are discussed, people DW> mention the fact that Postgres is superior from a technical standpoint. But DW> from what I see, often it is the best marketed product that prevails.
Someone mention books. Was that you Dennis? From what data I see, MySQL books far outsell PostgreSQL books. MySQL is the product with the mindshare, not PostgreSQL.
Best regards,
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