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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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improve performance in every release. There is an interesting
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Web page comparing PostgreSQL to MySQL at
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http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html Also, MySQL is
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is a company that distributes its products via open source, not
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an open source development community like PostgreSQL.
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is a company that distributes its products via open source, and
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requires a commercial license for close-source software, not an
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open source development community like PostgreSQL.
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Reliability
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We realize that a DBMS must be reliable, or it is worthless. We

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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
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<P>Last updated: Tue Jan 6 16:42:01 EST 2004</P>
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<P>Last updated: Fri Jan 23 09:41:43 EST 2004</P>
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<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
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release. There is an interesting Web page comparing PostgreSQL to
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MySQL at <A href="http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html">
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http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html</A> Also, MySQL is
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a commercial license for close-source software, not an
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open source development community like PostgreSQL.<BR>
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