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So did mysql fall out of fashion finally?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 30th, 2009 at 07:35:55 AM EST
Now there's a war thats still ongoing.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jan 30th, 2009 at 07:39:23 AM EST
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Ah. I went Postgresql many years ago, and at time it was the databases for stick-in-the-mud computer science types who cared about boring crap like database consistency and silly stuff like that. Mysql was where all the cool kids went.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 30th, 2009 at 07:41:13 AM EST
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Oh, and it was GPLed. I don't like GPL infrastructure any more than I like proprietary infrastructure.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 30th, 2009 at 07:42:09 AM EST
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As usual, too many legacy machines with too many different standards got passed over to us in my last job.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jan 30th, 2009 at 07:59:23 AM EST
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I used mySQL once, at college. I sworn I would never use it again. Today, PostgreSQL with PostGIS and PG Admin is pretty unbeatable.

Vencit omnia veritas.
by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]a[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]gmail[dot]com) on Fri Jan 30th, 2009 at 09:02:28 AM EST
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I'll put in a small defense of the Finn, Uffa Widenius, as one of the founders of mysql.

At the time and in context, it was fairly bold. But maybe a couple of years too early and unable to take advantage of later developments and thinking. This happens a lot - timing is crucial. Or rather luck is crucial. I've had my share of luck, but all too often I have been working too far ahead of the curve to make money, only to see people set up businesses later. But this is what I enjoy, so I haven't changed ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Jan 30th, 2009 at 09:31:52 AM EST
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No, I don't understand that comment at all. Do you mean technical or business developments and thinking?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 30th, 2009 at 09:44:57 AM EST
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got to be business developement, after all the tabloids keep telling us who could actually enjoy thinking?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jan 30th, 2009 at 09:56:24 AM EST
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Both. I'm not the person to argue on technical developments since the 1995 release of mysql, but I am sometimes in meetings with coders and get to know their preferences, and some background. So I am repeating what they said.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Jan 30th, 2009 at 10:09:59 AM EST
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