On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 01:00:51PM +0300, Gabor Szabo wrote: > > On 2001.09.09 10:58 Eli Marmor wrote: > > I want to start a new kind of threads in this group, that may be very > > useful to most of us. > > > > > > But when somebody has to choose between two competing packages for > > Linux, he is in a trouble; Unless there is a clear winner, no serious > > how-to/manual/etc. will give him a professional answer. > > I think it is a ver good idea but before you post a question > you should RTFM on it :) > For example I have just typed in "mysql postgresql" and then > "oracle postgresql" in google and there were quite a number of articles > comparing the first two, a lot less on the second search, > but it is undersatndable. > > I know the mysql v. postgresql issue is/was quite high-profile one so for > other > packages I expect less articles but still I'd think doing such a research > will help you phrase your question and all of us will benefit from it. > > I'd even suggest to write up comparative howto-s or whatever we can call > them > for the issues we discuss. The problem with that is that usually the most flamy issues are often the most dynamic ones in which the fastest progress is made. The advantages and disadvantages change every day, or else flamewars wouldn't be interesting. I suspect (without knowing databases very well) that most HOWTOs you'd find on MySQL versus PostgreSQL might be a little old. A live flamewar between people who work in the relevant area every day might serve you better. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
