Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad?

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>, Mark Woodward <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad?
Date: 2006-05-18 18:41:47
Message-ID: 446CBFEB.3030709@dunslane.net
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> Maybe a compatability layer isn't worth doing, but I certainly think
> it's very much worthwhile for the community to do everything possible to
> encourage migration from MySQL. We should be able to lay claim to most
> advanced and most popular OSS database.
>

We'll do that by concentrating on spiffy features, not compatibility
layers. I want people to use PostgreSQL because it's the best, not
because it's just like something else.

cheers

andrew

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