[houseabsolute]

Looks to me like the problem with this discussion is the dismissiveness and defensiveness of people on Hacker News, not the article.

Maybe MySQL really isn't a decent database product, or not for high performance needs. How many of his statements are troll-ish in that light?

[steveklabnik]

They all are. Trolling isn't about what one says, it's about the intention behind the things that are said. Completely factual statements are still trolling if said with the intention to cause disruption.

[houseabsolute]

Disruption is on the back burner, but it looks like his primary intention is to inform, so I don't see the problem.

[steveklabnik]

I would disagree. His primary intention is to talk shit on MySQL.