[Asterisk-Dev] Re: PostgreSQL support in Asterisk 1.2?

[Matthew Simpson]

> I wouldn't put MySQL near anything critical either, but I find it strange
> that people are hung up on the "DB" being a point of failure, when we're
> talking about asterisk here...

lollers! agreed.  memory leaks?  crashes?  interop problems?  I'm not 
looking at you, Mysql.

> Asterisk is your most likely point of failure.  Sure, adding another point
> of failure increases the chances of failure, but when the most likely
> failure is orders of magnitude more likely, why are people harping on it 
> so
> much?

Agreed.  If you compare MTBF of Asterisk and Mysql it's not even an issue. 
Even an MTBF between Asterisk and windows XP......