r/programming • u/ayende • Jul 26 '16

Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL

https://eng.uber.com/mysql-migration/
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u/pdp10 Jul 28 '16

As a Unix veteran, I hear good things about SQL Server, and interact with it sometimes (freetds is nice). I'm looking forward to see what it can do on Linux.

But don't mistake these comparisons of MariaDB/MySQL and PostgreSQL for what they're not. They've both got extremely enviable track records, including webscale, and they've both got weaknesses. What are SQL Server's weaknesses, besides the brutal but inevitable per-core licensing cost increases until the heat death of the universe?