PostgreSQL vs. MySQL in Japan (was: Are we losing momentum?)

Tatsuo, this has always fascinated me. Any insights you could share about how PostgreSQL achieved the prominence it has in Japan (and how MySQL did not) would be very interesting.

Cheers,
Ned

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From: "Tatsuo Ishii" <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Are we losing momentum?

> Hey! don't go knocking PHP, it is probably one of the most flexible and
> easy to use systems around. I have done several fairly large projects
> with PHP and while it is an "ugly" environment, it performs well enough,
> has a very usable extension interface, it is quick and easy to even
> large projects done.

Right. PHP is our friend. In Japan Apache+PHP+PostgreSQL combo is the
standard for Web systems. Very few people uses Apache+PHP+MySQL.
--
Tatsuo Ishii

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