SPAM-LOW: Re:Semi-OT: Database for "average" users

[Ilya Palagin]

Quoting Andrew Hammond <ahammond-swQf4SbcV9C7WVzo/KQ3Mw at public.gmane.org>:

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> Ilya Palagin wrote:
>>> Here here!!! I totally agree. MySQL is the classic example of "its gonna
>>> be great someday". And when that day comes cool! For now I do use it but
>>> only for simple things. Can't wait until it finally has "views" which
>>> will
>>> be the coming version and that will finally make it somewhat useful! Sure
>>
>> You don't need to wait, it's already great - tons of web applications, for
>> example, come with MySQL in mind :-)
>
> Tons of applications come with Windows in mind. That doesn't make it great.
>
> Tacking on more features when they still haven't solved the fundamental
> problems of data integrity is somewhere between comedic and tragic.
> Until MySQL can conform to standard handling of the basics (NULLs for
> example, http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html has a semi-canonical
> list), it will remain a toy. Applications based on it are almost

Well, like any other subject, Windows and MySQL are good in a proper 
context. Windows is great for making money, MySQL advantage is 
mentioned below.

> impossible to port away from it because it fails to conform to SQL in
> numerous critical areas. Advocating it for a platform is an excellent
> way to demonstrate ignorance of everything related to the subject of
> databases. Choosing it for a platform amounts to demonstrable incompetence.
>
> Furthermore, MySQL also has numerous ongoing licensing issues. It is NOT
> free outside of strictly non-commercial environments. MySQL AB's
> definition of "distribute" doesn't appear to be inline with pretty much
> everyone else's on the planet, and lawyer time is even more not free. I
> am continually amazed by the outright stupidity of people who choose
> MySQL over Postgres when Postgres is both completely unencumbered (ie.
> BSD license) and obviously technically superior.

Except for performance?

>
> And don't even get me started about MySQL's locking issues.
>
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