Comment Re:Postgres hands down (Score 1) 320
What really sucks is all of the applications that are so coded around MySQLisms that they don't run on ANSI-compliant engines.
Exactly. That is the primary reason I not only choose not to use MySQL, but actively advocate other SQL engines to other developers. Even where MySQL supports a standard syntax, their documentation tends to encourage their proprietary alternative syntax, making ports that much harder.