X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8A264758F1 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:36:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from eos.telenet-ops.be (eos.telenet-ops.be [195.130.132.40]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4FD2474E44 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:36:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by eos.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with SMTP id CD4202025F; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:36:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kabel.telenet.be (D5775F15.kabel.telenet.be [213.119.95.21]) by eos.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F6F7203F0; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:36:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: by kabel.telenet.be (Postfix, from userid 501) id 1757626132; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:36:17 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:36:17 +0200 From: Kurt Roeckx To: Tom Lane Cc: Bruce Momjian , pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org Subject: Re: Are we losing momentum? Message-ID: <20030415163617.GA25459@ping.be> References: <200304142237.h3EMbvv13720@candle.pha.pa.us> <2703.1050364467@sss.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2703.1050364467@sss.pgh.pa.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-38.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_10,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: 200304/503 X-Sequence-Number: 37993 On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 07:54:27PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > Several people have asked if we are losing momentum. > > I was just in the local Barnes & Noble store > yesterday, and could not help but notice how many books had "MySQL" in > the title. I didn't notice a single Postgres title (though I did not > look hard, since I was just passing through the computer area). 2 local stores here: One has 11 PostgresQL books and 40 MySQL, the other had 5 on PostgresQL and 23 about MySQL. Kurt