The MySQL question.

[Thomas Zehetbauer]

On Don, 2004-09-09 at 22:24 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> MySQL changed the license a wee bit, it now clashes with the GPL, so 
> the new stuff isn't being considered free enough to distribute by any 
> of the linux players with legal staff to advise them.

Nonsense, MySQL is licensed under the GPL.

> Besides, postgreSQL in its 
> latest incarnation is pretty darned good.

Where MySQL provides performance, reliability, standards conformance,
and fine grained access control, PostgreSQL comes with dozens of useless
non-standard data types, requires regular maintenance, fails to use the
index for a simple MAX(), and needs a complete dump/restore for almost
every upgrade.

Tom

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