Hi I would echo that support is probably the most important aspect of your choice.
Unless you have a particularly technically demanding application that needs features only found in Postgres you would be best with MySql You can get an answer to most support questions via this list, or MySql themselves if you have a support contract, within hours or even minutes, from experts. For a newbie, support can make or break a project. I am willing to be corrected, but Postres smaller userbase and lack of commercial support company means you are unlikely to get the same level of support. Peter ----------------------------------------------- Excellence in internet and open source software ----------------------------------------------- Sunmaia Birmingham UK www.sunmaia.net tel. 0121-242-1473 International +44-121-242-1473 ----------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 June 2003 14:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Kaarel; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Which database? > Actually, the license might turn out to be your biggest problem, > especially if arter six months of development it turns that you > either have to pay for MySQL or rewrite your application using > another database. Note that I don't know the MySQL AB pricing > scheme, and I'm sure it'd be a fraction of what you'd have to pay > for Informix or Oracle at worst. :) Check the prices - about 2 orders of magnitude less than Oracle. Frankly, if you are doing real commercial work, MySQL's license is so trivial as to be unnoticable. To answere the original question, I explain the difference between MySQL and PostgreSQL by analogy: MySQL is an offroad vehicle - simple, powerful, indestructible. PostgreSQL is a limousine - very highly featured, but not as fast and not as rugged. Which you need depends upon your application. One thing I would say in favour of MySQL if you are doing commercial work is that the support is excellent - both community support via this list and the paid-for support from MySQL AB. I don't think PostgreSQL has a support company at the moment; I couldn't comment on its community support. But if I were starting a new project at the moment, that alone would swing me to MySQL. Alec -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
