shells and bells

[jj at lcs.mit.edu (John Jannotti)]

> MySQL too is equally good.

Actually no, I don't think it is.  For some reason I can't quite
understand, MySQL gets a lot of good press in the free software community.

But, as Mike Bilow pointed out, of the free systems, only PostgreSQL has
transactions.  I just don't understand how a database without transactions
is considered worthwhile when a perfectly good (free) alternative is
available.

In fact, MySQL is *less* free than PostgreSQL:
http://www.mysql.com/Manual/manual_toc.html#Licensing_policy

Sorry to sound flamy, I just don't get it.

  jj

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