From: | Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in> |
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To: | postgres list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Are we losing momentum? |
Date: | 2003-04-15 13:18:46 |
Message-ID: | 200304151848.46136.shridhar_daithankar@nospam.persistent.co.in |
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Hi,
We should probably put out an FAQ saying, if you have success story, please
make a write-up and send to us at http://advocacy.postgresql.org.
Shridhar
On Tuesday 15 April 2003 18:42, Ericson Smith wrote:
> As one of the top search engine campaign optimization companies in the
> space, we here at Did-it.com have been using Postgresql for over a year
> now. We had serious locking problems with MySQL and even switching to
> their Innodb handler did not solve all the issues.
>
> As the DB administrator, I recommended we switch when it came time to
> re-write our client platform. That we did, and we have not looked back.
> We have millions of listings, keywords and we perform live visitor
> tracking in our database. We capture on the order of about 1 million
> visitors every day, with each hit making updates, selects and possibly
> inserts.
>
> We could not have done this in mySQL. Basically when I see silly posts
> over on Slashdot about MySQL being as good a sliced bread, you can check
> out the debunking posts that I make as "esconsult1".
>
> Yes, perhaps Postgresql needs a central org that manages press and so
> on, but we know that we dont get the press that MySQL does, but quietly
> in the background Postgresql is handling large important things.
>
> - Ericson Smith
> Web Developer
> Db Admin
> http://www.did-it.com
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