From ilug-admin@linux.ie Wed Dec 4 11:52:38 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DF4616F18 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:52:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 04 Dec 2002 11:52:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lugh.tuatha.org (postfix@lugh.tuatha.org [194.125.145.45]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gB4B9c811445 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:09:39 GMT Received: from lugh.tuatha.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lugh.tuatha.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A0C534030; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:11:11 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: linux.ie-ilug@localhost Received: from corvil.com. (k100-145.bas1.dbn.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.100.145]) by lugh.tuatha.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7811134030 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:10:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from corvil.com (pixelbeat.local.corvil.com [172.18.1.170]) by corvil.com. (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gB4BAYPU093486 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:10:34 GMT (envelope-from padraig.brady@corvil.com) Message-Id: <3DEDE21E.1010705@corvil.com> From: Padraig Brady Organization: Corvil Networks User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020913 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ilug@linux.ie Subject: Re: [ILUG] PostgreSQL vs. MySQL References: <3A29493B9B18D6118AD80090278AECA2026B84EB@EXCHANGE> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: ilug-admin@linux.ie Errors-To: ilug-admin@linux.ie X-Beenthere: ilug@linux.ie X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Irish Linux Users' Group List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Original-Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 11:08:14 +0000 Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 11:08:14 +0000 Sean O'Donnell wrote: > Doesnt answer your question, but theres a very simple reason i > develop a lot on mysql, it runs on windows and linux, a lot of > clients only have windows servers, and last time i checked > you can only run postgresql on windows with a lot of fecking > around with cygwin. give postgres a decent standalone windows > build and i reckon you would see a lot of defections. This is pertinent: http://lwn.net/Articles/17067/ Pádraig. -- Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription information. List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie