From: | Steve Bergman <steve(at)rueb(dot)com> |
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To: | josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com |
Cc: | pgsql-advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: 8.0 Press Release: the PRODUCTIVE thread. |
Date: | 2004-08-14 18:29:27 |
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I like the partnerships theme. But I think it is also important to
convey the message that while PostgreSQL is a heavy lifting database,
it's also great for the 'little guy' running a small low volume web
site. There is a perception that using pgsql for a web site is like
swatting flies with a telephone pole, or "driving thumb tacks with a
sledge hammer" (as the PHP book I'm currently reading actually states in
black and white) and that web sites don't need pgsql's 'esoteric'
features.
As a new user of pgsql, I know now, that pgsql's additional features are
quite useful even for small projects.
MySQL does a great job of recruiting mindshare through out the entire
spectrum of users and PostgreSQL should too. Not that I think that
this should be the major theme, but a mention of "great for small jobs,
too", additional convenience features, scaleable from the smallest to
largest projects, etc. would help get the small fish like me interested,
and that represents a lot of people (read: mindshare).
Just my thoughts.
-Steve
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