MySQL vs Postgres (vs MongoDB)
Chris Travers has a fairly nifty article up titled O/R Modelling interlude: PostgeSQL vs MySQL , where-in he makes the claim MySQL is what you get when application developers build an RDBMS. PostgreSQL is what you get when database developers build an application development platform. This isn't really flame-bait - its intended as a statement to show how people approach arguments (flame wars?) about MySQL vs PostgreSQL. To paraphrase Chris, MySQL has been massively disruptive because it tends to really, really look at the world from a Use Case perspective, answering the questions " What problem are you trying to solve ", while Postgres has been massively disruptive because it tends to look at the world from a theory perspective, answering the question " How should the database work in the solution " I'd add MongoDB to this mix though, and extend the above quote to say MySQL is what you get when application developers build an RDBMS. PostgreS...