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Re:PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server from the point of view of a dat... by netcraft on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:17PM (#13924200)
not sure if it was intended, but the article is discussing MSSQL not MYSQL. I think MYSQL has a popularity advantage over PGSQL because of a long tail of historical reasons, but this is just my opinion.
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Re:PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server from the point of view of a dat... by collyw on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @03:48PM (#13925546)
Its a bit like PHP, its easy to install and get started compared to PG (I need to look up the docs every time I do a PG install to get the initial users started - Mysql often offers me that from the OS package manager).
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