Re: Why new users come to PostgreSQL (IMHO)

I was introduced to PostgreSQL because it was the standard database for the
company that I was working at five years ago. It was their standard
database entirely because due to "not screwing up". I can't site a feature
that we considered killer but we love partial indexing.

Nik

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:

> Chris, JPA,
>
> The other BIG reasons why folks come to PostgreSQL are two groups:
>
> The Django team, by putting PostgreSQL as the default database, has let
> to a LOT of adoption in the Python world, and
>
> Heroku and the Rails 3.1 team have made PostgreSQL the new default
> database for Rails.
>
> MySQL came to prominence partly on the coat-tails of PHP. We're doing
> the same with Django and Rails.
>
> A lot of the rest of our recent adoption falls under the heading of "not
> screwing up". We've kept improving the database continuously. We've
> listened to users about what they want. We've kept PostgreSQL a
> non-profit community. We've avoided community splits and hostile forks.
> We've been community-minded but business-friendly at the same time.
>
> However, now is no time to relax. The new databases will continue to
> improve, and they're very aggressive about recruiting new users. We're
> "on top" now, but that just gives others an incentive to push us off.
>
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