PostgreSQL on Debian popularity

The current poll running on the Debian Administration site covers
database popularity for that platform:
http://www.debian-administration.org/polls/146

It's interesting to compare to a very similar poll from three years
ago: http://www.debian-administration.org/polls/102

What at first appears to be a slight drop in MySQL penetration (62% to
59%) is a mistake in how the question was asked IMHO. If you just add
in the MariaDB users to the MySQL count, the combined percentage goes to
61%. The relative penetration of PostgreSQL vs. MySQL hasn't changed
very much during that time

The only statistically significant difference is that the count of
Oracle users has stayed steady at ~100 despite a general 30% increase in
poll responses. Not really surprising that Oracle on Debian installs
has flatlined recently, it's really not the preferred platform to run
that on.

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Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
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