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90% of the points are irrelevant. The real value of a database is how well does it scale up and out. All the rest is minutiae. Why do most companies that scale
by sklivvz1971 14y ago
90% of the points are irrelevant. The real value of a database is how well does it scale up and out. All the rest is minutiae.
Why do most companies that scale out (and thus massively benefit from free-as-in-beer software) actually choose MySql over PostgreSQL? Because of the features? Nope...
Why do most companies that scale up (and thus massively benefit from expensive, but highly performant software) actually choose MSSQL or Oracle over PostgreSQL? Because of the tag price of the Enterprise features? Nope...
- jacques_chester 14y ago> Why do most companies that scale out (and thus massively benefit from free-as-in-beer software) actually choose MySql over PostgreSQL? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_dependence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_dependence