Re: Resources for Postgres and MySQL comparison presentation?

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Where is the conference?

It's cf.Objective() in Minneapolis, a conference for ColdFusion/Java
developers in May.

> My advice is *not* to try to convince people. Instead, just say,
> "here's the things which PostgreSQL is good for, and the reasons why
> you'd want to use it." Trying to convince people PostgreSQL is "better"
> just gets their back up.

That's the tack I'm taking, but we *are* trying to convince them. :)

Dennis Clark wrote:
> MySQL:� GPL 2.0.� Free but with some very strict obligations.
> PostgreSQL:� BSD 2.0.� Free and with very simple obligations.

Thanks Dennis - I had touched on the PG license but hadn't specifically
compared it to MySQLs!

Is there a repo of people who have switched from MySQL to PG? I have
seen the "who is using" list that includes Hi5, etc, but there aren't
really many details associated with it. A couple of off-the-cuff
conversion stories with some numbers associated would be useful.

Thanks for all of the feedback!

Brian