humorist
"peace_flower" <"alavoor[AT]"@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Just a HUMOR, no offense and take it easy!!
> =================================
>
> If someone ask's you how do you compare the features and capability of
> these three popular SQL servers:
> Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL ??
>
> Then comes the answer in layman's terms:
>
> "A Elephant, Powerful White Horse, Fast Hare (Rabbit). Please tell me
> which animal you want ??"
>
> Oracle = Elephant, Big and hefty but very bulky
> PostgreSQL = Powerful White Horse, top breed horse (I love riding
> horses)
> MySQL = Fast running Rabbit (Hare), I like rabbits as pets, very decent
> animals!!
>
> Oracle, PostgreSQL are in development for the last 22 years. Both had
> originations in University of California, Berkeley.
> Both are very mature, ACID compliant (Atomicity, Concurrency,.....) and
> are robust.
>
> MySQL is like rabbit, it runs fast and can be a good pet.
> But see, the speed is NOT at all important when it comes to SQL server -
> it is the ACID compliance, Data Integrity
> and robustness and features and language interfaces which are
> important.
>
> You must not compare Elephant with Hare (Oracle with MySQL)
>
> But the best among these three animals is - White Powerful Horse!!
> (PostgreSQL !!)
>
> Why do you think every person is waiting in a long queue to get a ride
> on "White Powerful Horse" (PostgreSQL) ???
>
> Every person on the planet wants to ride on PostgreSQL !!
>
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Received on Sat Sep 29 2001 - 12:06:09 CDT
