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Installation? All modern Linuxes have package managers that make installation a headache of the past. Configuration is a different story. When you are done wit
by bbwharris 14y ago
Installation? All modern Linuxes have package managers that make installation a headache of the past.
Configuration is a different story. When you are done with a Postgres config you have a more secure setup. They don't allow you to shoot yourself in the foot by default.
Honestly, installation as a differentiator between databases is a seriously weak argument. If you're going to troll pick something a little more technical like acid compliance or something else that nobody seems to care about.
- taligent 14y agoYou don't like my argument so I am trolling ? Nice. And you ignored Windows, Mac as well as the huge number of LAMP based installers. Being able to quickly get the entire stack up and running very much helped the popularity of MySQL.
- bbwharris 14y agoI agree with you on the development setup. Production setup is about the same. Meant no offense. Seemed trollish but when you factor in development setup then yes MySQL is slightly easier. I think heroku is doing a good job making Postgres a snap.
- snupples 14y agoYou keep saying this, but in my recent experience, postgres had been fantastically easy to get up and running on both Windows and Linux (debian and ubuntu to be precise. don't know about Mac). So this argument only applies possibly to its distant past. It's simply not relevant now. It's worth keeping an open mind.