Re: [HACKERS] Changing the default configuration (was Re:

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "mlw" <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, "Greg Copeland" <greg(at)CopelandConsulting(dot)Net>
Cc: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>, "PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Changing the default configuration (was Re:
Date: 2003-02-12 02:47:12
Message-ID: GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOMEHPCFAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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> >After it's all said and done, I would rather someone simply say, "it's
> >beyond my skill set", and attempt to get help or walk away. That seems
> >better than them being able to run it and say, "it's a dog", spreading
> >word-of-mouth as such after they left PostgreSQL behind. Worse yet,
> >those that do walk away and claim it performs horribly are probably
> >doing more harm to the PostgreSQL community than expecting someone to be
> >able to install software ever can.
> >
> <RANT>
>
> And that my friends is why PostgreSQL is still relatively obscure.

Dude - I hang out on PHPBuilder's database forums and you wouldn't believe
how often the "oh, don't use Postgres, it has a history of database
corruption problems" thing is mentioned.

Chris

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