Re: The case for the One-Click Installer

From: decibel <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: The case for the One-Click Installer
Date: 2009-07-10 02:41:28
Message-ID: 3A689E8F-17DC-463B-B4E1-70FB8F8CF483@decibel.org
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On Jul 9, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> One of the biggest reasons for people choosing MySQL was the "some
> assembly required" nature of PostgreSQL: the requirement to find
> and download 5 to 20 separate components, often from separate web
> sites, and compile and integrate them yourself.

+1, and FWIW, this is something that Pervasive would have done if we
could have mustered the manpower.
--
Decibel!, aka Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect decibel(at)decibel(dot)org
Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828

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