Re: [HACKERS] Where do they find the time??? GreatBridge

From: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Charles Tassell <ctassell(at)isn(dot)net>
Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Where do they find the time??? GreatBridge
Date: 2001-09-17 04:51:10
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I wonder if it would really be possible to do?

+ Justin

Charles Tassell wrote:
>
> Heh, don't laugh. That would actually be a great product, considering
> all those pre-written PHP and PERL scripts for MySQL. I'm the
> SysAdmin of an ISP, and I have a lot of conversations with our web
> clients like:
>
> Do you support MySQL?
>
> No, we use Postgres, it's got better features.
>
> Yeah, but I found this script on the web, but it only supports MySQL,
> and I'm to lazy/stupid/cheap to convert it to Postgres.
>
> Of course, I'm too lazy/cheap to admin two different database servers,
> so the clients are out of luck unless they want to pay extra for MySQL
> (no one has as of yet).
>
> At 12:25 AM 9/17/01, Justin Clift wrote:
>
> > Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > These days MySQL is less of a database and more of an SQL
> > interface to about
> > > 10 different database backend products...
> >
> > On that note, maybe we should write a wrapper function so it becomes
> > a
> > frontend interface for PostgreSQL!
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > + Justin
> >
> > >
> > > Chris
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