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		newt0311 on Feb 10, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The State of MySQL: The Elephant in the Room Benchmarks between DBs are pretty rare because they are so difficult to control for. The configurations make a big difference. One set of benchmarks is here: http://tweakers.net/reviews/657/6 but thats in 2006. Also, MySQL has known fatal bugs in the production release so mysql isn't exactly a safe choice.

staunch on Feb 11, 2009 [–]

> Also, MySQL has known fatal bugs in the production release so mysql isn't exactly a safe choice.

Outright FUD.

newt0311 on Feb 11, 2009 | [–]

Not quite:

MySQL GA release with known crashing bugs: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=380092

Comparison of MySQL and PostgreSQL releases: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=381899

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