Re: Need for "Getting Started" Tutorial

rotellaro(at)gmail(dot)com (Federico) writes:
> On 5/2/07, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I share the same feeling. One of the misconceptions with PostgreSQL is
>> that it is a very hard-to-install product, not user-friendly,
>> especially for potential new users such as students. That is totally
>> wrong and it is something that we must solve as community.
>
> It's All Relative as Einstein told us ;)
> If you compare the PostgreSQL installation with oracle's you discover
> that PostgreSQL is very simple ^_^

The newcomers that are getting turned off are not comparing PostgreSQL
with Oracle; they are *vastly* more likely to be comparing with
MySQL(tm)[1] or SQLite.

Footnotes:
[1] MySQL is a trademark of MySQL AB.
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