Re: What can we learn from MySQL?

From: Peter Galbavy <peter(dot)galbavy(at)knowtion(dot)net>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What can we learn from MySQL?
Date: 2004-04-29 07:10:19
Message-ID: 4090AA5B.1040508@knowtion.net
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> But betamax was better ;)

But that was the point the the comment, wasn't it ? It is not always the
better technical solution that wins.

With PostgreSQL not being a commercially licensed RDBMS, it is not so
much about sales but rather "mindshare" (I hate that word, but can't
think of a better one). Without a suitably high profile the project will
not attract the potential skills of developers and companies paying
developers out there to continue moving the feature set and quality forward.

rgds,
--
Peter

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