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Yesterday I had the pleasure to speak at the first edition of Codemotion in Rome. The event is the evolution of the “Java Day” in Italy, which now embraces different technologies as well. The idea behind this event - and I believe it is something we have to learn as well as PostgreSQL community members - is to go beyond our preferred technology and organise a joint conference with other user groups. Save money, save energies, save time (spare time).

Today the Open Source Developers’ Conference has started in Melbourne, in the beautiful scenario offered by the Abbotsford Convent. Great weather, about 30 degrees celsius, spectacular gardens and trees.

I have come back to Italy after the terrific experience of the European PostgreSQL Day 2009, which has been held in Paris last weekend.
Having organised the previous two editions, I must say that I am really proud of what the European community of PostgreSQL has become in the last two years, since its official birth.

Don't let the title of this article mislead you. This is not a review of the two RDBMS, rather a comment on the article "PostgreSQL vs MySQL - Comparative Review" which has been forwarded to the PostgreSQL advocacy list.
I believe that, when doing this kind of reviews, we all must be careful. The most important thing is that enough information on both systems must be gathered in advance, in order to come up with an objective review.
Once I read the article, I have tried to post a comment, but I never saw my post displayed. This is why I decided to write something on my personal blog.

Following Peter Eisentraut's report about the lack of translations on PostgreSQL and looking at the Babel Project, within the Italian PostgreSQL Users Group people have started to ask: "Why do we really suck like that?".

We all know about the terrible events following the earthquake that shook the city of L'Aquila and the entire Abruzzo region last April.
In assisting the university to reinstate its teaching program, the company I work for (2ndQuadrant Italia) will offer students a free and preferential consulting service on PostgreSQL.