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[Collins Richey]

On 11/21/05, Man-wai CHANG <mwchang at i-cable.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the responses, David. I'm going to pass the relevant parts
> > minus some of the personality stuff to our local list. Maybe it will
> > help answer the question "Why Postgres?".
>
> Whers it this discussion? I wanna watch it... and hopefully pick up
> something useful. xBase on DOS is as vulnerable as the old MySQL, but it
> has been keeping many companies running. I see someting similar between
>   MySQL and xBase, but then MySQL always steal the spotlight, unlike Foxpro.
>

Actually, the discussion is nowhere. After presenting David's comments
to my local group, the originator of the "Why Postgres" comment has
hidden under a rock. All the responses I got were from members who
agree with David. Go figure!

I'll stick by my comment. Given what little (actually precious little)
db experience I have, I'll never understand why MySQL is so insanely
popular, while Postgres remains a hidden gem.


--
Collins Richey
      Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write
      the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not
      smart enough to debug it.
             -Brian Kernighan