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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS?
Jeff Rodriguez wrote:
> _Short Summary_
>
> *PostgreSQL*
> Free, loaded with features, not particularly fast, some extras
>
> *MySQL*
> Free, not so loaded with features, very fast, some extras
>
> *SQL Server*
> /Definetly/ not free, jam packed with features, very fast, lots of extras
>
> *Sybase and Oracle*
> Can't say, I have no experience with them.
>
>
> _Answer to your question_
> Suitable for a high-end commercial application? I'm not sure I would
> risk my job on it...
Interesting list ... Speed and extras. Not one would be on my list of most important considerations. How about rating them on:
If it isn't secure who cares how fast it is? If it isn't stable who cares how many features it has? If it won't scale to the number of users who gives a rip about extras?
And, to be quite blunt, if the only operating system it will run on is Windows that becomes a limitation affecting all of the above. Any time you database server is at risk from every 16 year old on the planet. It can't really be called secure or stable.
-- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)Received on Fri May 14 2004 - 23:08:32 CDT
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