Re: Advocacy Links, people using PostgreSQL, Trends.

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Guido Barosio <gbarosio(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Advocacy Links, people using PostgreSQL, Trends.
Date: 2009-07-13 20:36:05
Message-ID: 200907132036.n6DKa5717883@momjian.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On Monday 13 July 2009 20:19:33 Guido Barosio wrote:
> > How can we relate this, with the efforts being done?
> >
> > http://www.google.com/trends?q=PostgreSQL&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
> >
> > /* Don't waste time saying: "This has nothing to do with PostgreSQL
> > because...". There are several ways to understand this graph, but all
> > say: "things are slowing" */
>
> Well, perhaps if fewer people are searching for PostgreSQL, then more people
> already know where it is and have no need to search for it all the time.
>
> Note also that the search trends for competing products like MySQL, SQL
> Server, and Oracle are pointing into the same direction.

I think the reason is that more non-technical searches are performed
every year as the Internet become less hacker-centric.

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