| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Artacus <artacus(at)comcast(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: weakness and strenghts of PG |
| Date: | 2009-02-08 05:30:54 |
| Message-ID: | 200902080530.n185UsF06270@momjian.us |
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Artacus wrote:
> I think the biggest weakness of Postgres is advocacy and integration. We
> have current versions of popular distributions shipping with ancient
> versions of Postgres. Or try finding a web host that runs the current
> version of Postgres. The other day I was going to do a small project in
> Ruby and Postgres and I spent a couple hours trying to get Ruby talking
> to Postgres on Windows. It's going to be impossible for Postgres to
> compete with MySQL while this continues.
True. These areas are the last to catch up because they require years
of momentum; they do catch up, but it takes time.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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