[Discuss] Rob Conery's critique of MySQL?

[Richard Pieri]

I'm not a programmer, nor am I a DBA.  I'm a sysadmin.  If I'm 
installing a database backend it's either for someone else or it's part 
of a larger application.

In the former case I install what the someone else in question wants 
because it's not a matter of which is better.  It's a matter of what the 
requester wants.  It's not my place to force the requester to use X 
unless the requester asks for my opinion or there is a policy in place 
that stipulates such requirements.

In the latter case I install whatever follows the dependency chain.  For 
example, Mediawiki and RT on Debian depend on MySQL therefore they get 
MySQL.  Again, it's not a matter of which is better.  It's a matter of 
what I have to support.

-- 
Rich P.