Re: What can we learn from MySQL?

From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What can we learn from MySQL?
Date: 2004-04-28 00:06:11
Message-ID: 429d4f7f1cf595afd3922ab6d0c5fc64@biglumber.com
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> I'm gonna disagree here. I think that not having a postgresql inc to go
> to means that by the time postgresql becomes ubiquitous, it will be like
> apache. no company behind it, every company using it.

That's not entirely accurate. Apache has had lots of help from IBM, as well
as a few other very large companies.

> No need for a postgresql inc to do that, just time, good code, and
> knowledgable DBAs choosing it more and more often.

Sorry, but technical prowess alone is no recipe for success in today's
marketplace. Things are more complex than that.

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
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