Re: Re: Why PostgreSQL is not that popular as MySQL ?

From: Matthew <matt(at)ctlno(dot)com>
To: "'pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: Why PostgreSQL is not that popular as MySQL ?
Date: 2000-12-11 15:29:34
Message-ID: 183FA749499ED311B6550000F87E206C0C949B@srv.ctlno.com
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> > "Brett W. McCoy" <bmccoy(at)chapelperilous(dot)net> writes:
> > > On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Matthew wrote:
> > >> [Matthew] Would it make sense for postgre to have a mysql
> > >> compatibility module? An add on package (perhaps in contrib) that
> > >> would add many of the functions that mysql has that postgre does not.
> >
> > > I think it would be wasted effort. I would rather the developers
> focus
> > on
> > > PostgreSQL, not MySQL, or Access, or whatever.
> >
> > I agree that the key developers shouldn't spend much time on such a
> > thing, but on the other hand this isn't a project that requires a key
> > developer to get done. If Matthew or someone else feels like spending
> > time on it, I wouldn't object...
> >
> [Matthew] I agree also, I didn't mean to imply that a core
> developer work on it. I was just asking if this was a project that would
> interest people. If it has enough demand I would get started on it. I
> don't know a whole lot about mysql, but getting a function list and
> comparing it to postgre shouldn't be too hard.

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