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Absolutely no perspective
I'm reading a lot of trash like this where people are saying MySql can't do what MS Sql server does, but NO ONE is giving a good technical example with a description of why the difference really matters.

And to suggest that cheap is necessarily worse than Microsoft is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Show me any article that says Win 2K3 is is more stable, more robust, or more powerful than say, BSD unix, the operating system that runs Yahoo's servers and OS X is based upon. Tell me what exactly SQL Server can do that Postgres (an amazing database) can't that is important?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not denying that SQL Server and Oracle are more powerful. What I am saying is that for most problems, you CAN quite easily solve it with MySQL or Postgres, or Ingres, or Firebird, or a plethora of other solutions.

The fact is, software engineers were writing *real solutions* before relational databases existed, and databases just make life easier, that is all. Solutions come from creativity and intelligent thinking, not from what product X can do that product Y can't.
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Disappointing  jorwell | 04/14/04
Read it and weep  Expatriate US Geek | 04/14/04
But my objection is...  jorwell | 04/14/04
Could you be more specific?  Not average Joe | 04/14/04
Glad to be of help  jorwell | 04/14/04
Mmmmm  Not average Joe | 04/14/04
I still think you should read further  jorwell | 04/14/04
Your objection 2 doesn't make sense  jorwell | 04/15/04
In response to #2  nbuwalda | 04/15/04
Good old IBM  jorwell | 04/15/04
not relational  dlevesqu | 04/14/04
Good to hear  jorwell | 04/15/04
"This is the sort of pedantic nonsense ..."  escoles@... | 04/15/04
We are talking about mathematics here  jorwell | 04/15/04
I know you're talking about math  escoles@... | 04/15/04
A mathematical theory is "arbitrary criteria"?  jorwell | 04/15/04
inconsistent results  NemesisNL | 04/16/04
Thank you for your comment  jorwell | 04/16/04
Not ready for prime time  StorageGuru | 04/14/04
Re: Not ready for prime time  ma.rk | 04/14/04
Oracle also isn't relational  jorwell | 04/14/04
I'm curious...  Yen_z | 04/14/04
Regretably none at present  jorwell | 04/14/04
Don't tell my customers  Chad_z | 04/14/04
A question  jorwell | 04/14/04
Nonsense question  NemesisNL | 04/14/04
Dude, you need to calm down  ma.rk | 04/14/04
"It all has its place": Amen. [nt]  escoles@... | 04/15/04
Not ready for prime time?  FederalistPaperBoy | 04/14/04
for which it's suited  SC-man | 04/16/04
I strongly disagree  nycran | 02/17/05
Works great for us.  issthatso | 04/14/04
Not going to be a factor...  Mike Cox | 04/14/04
Oh dear...  jorwell | 04/14/04
Ah, satire and irony  Expatriate US Geek | 04/14/04
Give it a rest, Mike. Please.  AtypicalZork | 04/14/04
Give it a rest, Mike. Please.  SC-man | 04/16/04
SQL-92 has been replaced with...  B.O.F.H. | 04/14/04
Someone needs to  ma.rk | 04/14/04
What's SQL Server?  Linux_Developer | 04/14/04
You'd be more grateful than that  StorageGuru | 04/15/04
Wow, this was really a success!  Linux_Developer | 04/16/04
Hopefully doesn't take cue on security  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/14/04
SQL Servers Great - But Alternatives are out there  bhafner | 04/14/04
If only...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/04
Re: if only  B.O.F.H. | 04/14/04
You know...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/04
He was sayig that OSS can be better than "good enough"  j.m.galvin | 04/14/04
Thank you so much for the intrepretation.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/04
RE: THank you..  Iain_Peters | 04/14/04
bitty is right --nobody is surprised he couldn't make the connection.  Spam-ZD | 04/14/04
Perhaps this is a fialure to Bitty...  B.O.F.H. | 04/14/04
Reality check  Chad_z | 04/14/04
Did you read the article?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/04
Ouch  NemesisNL | 04/14/04
Which CEO and which company are you referring?  B.O.F.H. | 04/14/04
Codd and SQL  jorwell | 04/14/04
Not really a problem  Patrick Jones | 04/14/04
Not really Patrick  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/04
MySQL is no more for the desktop than SQL Server or Oracle  B.O.F.H. | 04/14/04
True, that's why the CEO said...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/04
e-commerce sites are minimal needs?  B.O.F.H. | 04/14/04
Once more, what did the CEO say?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/04
I suspect that you need to move beyond the desktop!  B.O.F.H. | 04/14/04
The real problem is apples v. oranges  escoles@... | 04/15/04
Ok  NemesisNL | 04/14/04
By your logic, then, SQL Server is for those with minimal needs...  escoles@... | 04/15/04
That is where we differ  Patrick Jones | 04/14/04
Beating microsoft at their own game  boxmonkey | 04/14/04
I don't know about that one ...  coffeenite | 04/14/04
well  boxmonkey | 04/14/04
It's a question of which end of the wire does the work  StorageGuru | 04/15/04
What complete and utter garbage  Takalok | 04/14/04
Information direct from...  jorwell | 04/14/04
So you learned to read.  Snippy Clippit | 04/14/04
This isn't a competition  jorwell | 04/14/04
You've misjudged your audience, big boy...  Snippy Clippit | 04/15/04
You can't answer my arguments...  jorwell | 04/15/04
Back the truck uo  ShadeTree | 04/14/04
It easily verifiable  j.m.galvin | 04/14/04
I never questioned...  ShadeTree | 04/15/04
Linux is the cheap choice  StorageGuru | 04/15/04
Absolutely no perspective  nycran | 02/17/05
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