Re: Fwd: MySQL vs postgres

[Jamie McCarthy <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Adam covered the difference very well except for two things:

1. PostgreSQL is open-source.  MySQL is not, except older versions.
(MySQL is free-as-in-beer for most applications.)

2. MySQL is much, much faster than PostgreSQL.  If you are writing an
application that requires heavy database usage, and it can work
without the many features MySQL still lacks (often you can), you can
save a great deal of money that would otherwise be spent on RAM,
RAID hard drives, and multiple CPUs!
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        Jamie McCarthy
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