Since Oracle has MySQL and now is working on Drizzle, for a new project should I choose Postgres? I need a free database and though I’ve always used MySQL in the past, I’m concerned about it now. Drizzle isn’t hosted in a lot of places like MySQL is.
update: Found this here: http://www.wikivs.com/wiki/MySQL_vs_PostgreSQL
“PostgreSQL has a good reputation with Oracle developers, which is most certainly related to its much stricter and reliable approach, like that of Oracle. The difficulties and controversy around MariaDB, Drizzle and corporate takeovers have left many people re-considering their database strategy.”
PostgreSQL and Drizzle have different audiences and are also at different levels of maturity. PostgreSQL focuses on logical correctness and expressiveness; where drizzle is much more oriented toward scalability.
A more meaningful metric is that PostgreSQL is available and stable and mature today; but drizzle is not. If you can afford to hedge your project on an unreleased technology, and the purported benefits of using it fit particularly well with your projects goals, then it’s a reasonable choice.
If you need your project to work for sure, favoring a proven back end technology is more prudent.