MySQL RANT was: PVR or DVR for Linux - NOT MythTV

[eric-yrHdaQSNc4gdnm+yROfE0A at public.gmane.org (Eric C)]

mark,
i've kind of followed the LAMP.  it's what i heard
others talk about.  i have no experience with
PostgreSQL.  it may  be a zillion times better, i
don't know.  but i do know what MySQL is.  i've used
on windos an linux.  easy to install, easy to
generally understand to a database noob.  the command
line isn't difficult and i'm not a command line junky.
 there's also cross platform GUIs that work and again
are easy to understand.  i've been able to manipulate
several million row tables on a regular pc once i got
the indexes right.  their docs are pretty good and
their mailing list is friendly and helpful.  it was
really an enjoyable experience to use MySQL and made
me look sharp infront of the boss.  i can't refute
anything you've said as i'm no guru, but on a
subjective level   - with smaller databases MySQL
works great.  i also have a couple of websites that
use MySQL and access them with phpmyadmin, which is
also easy to use and works.  now would i have problems
if i had several million hits a day?  i don't know, i
hope to find out!  if PostgreSQL fit's my needs, i'll
jump ship.  but for now MySQL is fine.

so my point is MySQL can be a good app for some people
some of the time.


"I don't want to start a flame war..."
yes u do.  it might be fun!

"I don't like the organization and I don't like the
software. I don't like the bogus benchmarks they use."
that's interesting.  i don't like cheating.  this
would greatly lower my opinion of them if true.  do
you have examples?

"Almost every argument about using MySQL despite its
suckage are the same arguments for using Windows. They
are false and easily refuted."
oh god, don't compare it to M$.  MySQL is free.  M$ is
a ~$150 virus catcher.

"If a program chooses to only use MySQL, I can only
assume the developers are clueless about databases in
general and that does not bode well for the quality of
their code."
are you saying we can not find one program that uses
only MySQL that doesn't have sucky code?  i'm not
fully qualified to comment on the quality of other's
code but this seems unlikely.  maybe somebody closer
to your level of ability will speak up.

- eric c.

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