Re[2]: [PHP-DB] Re: MySql or postgre? From: Alexey Borzov (borz_off <email protected>)
Date: 11/30/00

Greetings, Paul!

At 30.11.2000, 11:17, you wrote:
>> Well, a metaphor once again:
>> "Second parties adding transactions and row-level locking to the
>>RDBMS" is like "Second parties are adding 3D engine to Quake". It means one
>>thing: program's own developers are INCOMPETENT.

PD> Would you say that if, say, the Apache developers accept a third-party
PD> hunk of code allowing Apache to do something that it currently doesn't
PD> do, that they're incompetent?
    Apache developers did one thing: they implemented HTTP protocol
and made an API for modules. If they
failed to implement HTTP properly, or
claimed that speed is more necessary than HTTP standard, or
began writing benchmarks before finishing more important work, etc.

they would be incompetent. Am I clear?

PD> Or how about third-party add-ons that work with Oracle? Does that mean
PD> the Oracle developers are incompetent, because they didn't develop the
PD> add-ons themselves?

Let me clarify:

There are lot's of addons to Quake as well. And to Oracle. But I've
yet to hear about someone adding 3D engine to Quake or "transaction
support" to Oracle. 'Cause these are the vital parts of the programs.
These are the things that create "Quake" and "Oracle" as we know them. 

-- 
Yours, Alexey V. Borzov, Webmaster of RDW

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