You can use PostgreSQL to do geometric queries, for example. So for some applications you would definitely want to choose PostgreSQL over MySQL.

MySQL used to be easier to set up and faster in certain usage scenarios, but Postgresql is so much better designed that it now kicks MySQL's ass for anything more complicated than a simple website.

Both MySQL and PostgreSQL are now generally available on the Azure Database service, Microsoft announced recently. The two open source database management systems, which have been in preview on Azure ...

That didn’t seem right to me. Our next disruptive innovation is about giving options, not forcing a choice.” At OpenWorks, MariaDB demonstrated how other open source relational databases such as ...