Re: Elephant, Horse and Hare (Rabbit) : Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL !

Perhaps it has to do with communication. It is not importatant that you know what you mean but it is important that your audience knows what you mean. We all have preferences. Normally these are based on the things that we are comfortable with.

The Pink panther

"andrey" <aakit_at_softhome.net> wrote in message news:9p4v1d$1ssc$1_at_josh.sovintel.ru...
> humorist
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> "peace_flower" <"alavoor[AT]"@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3BB5F9F3.9DD3626C_at_yahoo.com...
> > Just a HUMOR, no offense and take it easy!!
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> >
> > 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 Sun Sep 30 2001 - 15:03:13 CDT