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Well, I pose to you this question:

Would you rather have 1 type of car that the government makes that works pretty reliably and is a middle-ground car, or would you rather have a selection of cars to chose from; sports, truck, sedan, minivan, etc. ?

Everyone has different needs. I use MySQL extensively for it's memory-based storage engine, MyISAM for quick & dirty non-escential data i/o, and InnoDB for when data needs to be managed securely for processes.

I would use PG for transaction-based data processing in a high-volume situation with multi-processing clusters. Otherwise MySQL works fantastic for all my needs.




The flexibility is great, but only if grouped with consistency. No foreign keys on MyISAM but yes on InnoDB? Thanks but no, thanks.


No disk backed storage with heap tables but yes on InnoDB? Thanks but no, thanks.

Uh, the definition of flexibility is lack of consistency between the options. Otherwise, it's a false choice.


I've always preferred the bicycle analogy: MyISAM is like a bicycle with no brakes. It goes real fast down hills, unless something goes wrong.


Car analogies?

Well, I pose you this question:

Would you rather have a car that runs into a wall and explodes and kills everyone inside or no car at all? The car is like using car analogies on Slashdot and not having a car is like not using car analogies on YC.

In conclusion and in summary, go back to Slashdot. KTHXBAI.




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