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Re: Debian for business?



On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 03:34:02PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote:
> 
> On Aug 11, 2006, at 3:24 PM, Ryan Nowakowski wrote:
> 
> >
> >MySQL does data validation:
> >http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql-data-integrity.html
> >
> >I guess you're a little behind the curve ;)
> 
> Well, it was MySQL that was behind the curve for the longest time.   
> Can't blame someone for not wanting to use something that new.
> 
> A real DB has had that feature for 10+ years.
> 
> Informix is pretty inexpensive, comparatively to Oracle, and kicks  
> ass all over Postgres *and* MySQL.  Just as ONE example.
> 
> Being a MySQL fan-boy is fine, but MySQL isn't the only thing out  
> there, as much as many fan-boys would like to think it is.

It's not that I'm a "fan-boy" of MySQL.  I use both MySQL and Postgres
currently and have used Oracle in the past.  I just think that if you're
going to throw out stuff like, "Don't use foo because it doesn't do bar
like that other software", you should have your facts straight.

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