Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 15, Issue 24

["Matt Shields-5" <user=70@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Jan 14, 2008 1:16 PM,  <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:43:37 -0500 
> > From: "Matt Shields" <[hidden email]> 
> > Subject: Re: Why is Postgres so much better than MySQL? 
> > To: "David Kramer" <[hidden email]> 
> > Cc: [hidden email] 
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> > On Jan 14, 2008 8:13 AM, David Kramer <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> >> I like MySQL, but this is one of the reasons it gets such a bad rap, 
> >> frankly.  When the MySQL-phile is confronted with a feature/problem 
> >> comparison, it inevitably comes down to "Hey, we've had that feature for 
> >> three whole months now!", or "that bug was just fixed" or "the beta 
> >> release has that". 
> >> 
> >> It's kinda "new money" if you know what I mean.  MySQL got quite a few 
> >> features pretty late in the game that some considered pretty mandatory 
> >> (i.e. transactions, stored procedures). 
> >> 
> > 
> > MySQL has always gotten a bad rap in the past because DBA elitists 
> 
> <RANT> 
> I DESPISE the notion that "elite" is somehow bad. If I am going to have an 
> operation, I want an ELITE TEAM of doctors working on me. Similarly, I am 
> an "elitist" because I think that quality, skill, knowledge, experience 
> and things like that actually account for something. 
> 
> I, as well as you, SHOULD listen to the "elite" in a field about their 
> field. The anti-elitist movement is the reason's why idiots run the 
> country. No, we can't have any elite people running FEMA during 
> emergencies, where actual lives may be saved, That would be elitist! 
> 
> The elite KNOW THINGS that the lesser 
> [educated|experienced|knowledgeable|skilled] do not and that is why 
> "elite" is a good thing. You too may be elite if you want to work for it, 
> but it is easier to knock the elite than it is to measure up.