MySQL

1. Introduction

There is much debate about which open source database management systems (DBMS) is the best to use. For this paper, I will attempt to objectively compare the benefits of MySQL and PostgreSQL which are arguably two of the most widely adopted open source DBMS's. The scope of this paper is to compare the licensing, features, scalability, and reliability of the two DBMS's. While this paper is not intended to provide a complete analysis of all things MySQL and PostgreSQL, I will provide enough analysis of each DBMS to inform the reader of the particular advantages of using each system.

Each DBMS will be given and overall proportional amount of analysis in order to strike and objective balance but some sections may be lengthier than others if a particular topic is more well documented than another. In general, I have noticed that more data and conversations can be found concerning MySQL than there is for PostgreSQL but that is in no way a testament to its worth.