X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 044E947580B for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 20:29:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from filer (12-234-86-219.client.attbi.com [12.234.86.219]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 592E2474E44 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 20:29:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by filer with local; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 17:30:27 -0700 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 17:30:27 -0700 From: Kevin Brown To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Are we losing momentum? Message-ID: <20030415003027.GY1833@filer> Mail-Followup-To: Kevin Brown , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org References: <2703.1050364467@sss.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Frobozzco International X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-35.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200304/449 X-Sequence-Number: 37939 Gavin Sherry wrote: > During a lecture series at a university, I was criticised for not > discussing Oracle instead of Postgres -- students told me that > Oracle will make them money and Postgres wont. Their impressions are probably based on reality as it was a couple of years ago before the U.S. economy came crashing down. But today? Companies are trying to figure out how to do things cheaper, and there are a lot of situations for which Postgres is a good fit but for which MySQL is a bad fit -- if it'll fit at all. I seriously think the native Win32 port of Postgres will make a big difference, because it'll be a SQL Server killer. Especially if it comes with a nice administrative GUI. :-) -- Kevin Brown kevin@sysexperts.com