X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F282A474E44 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:22:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from datafix.CS.Berkeley.EDU (datafix.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.37.185]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5386B474E42 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:22:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from sailesh@localhost) by datafix.CS.Berkeley.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h3F3DtG06359; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 20:13:55 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: datafix.CS.Berkeley.EDU: sailesh set sender to sailesh@cs.berkeley.edu using -f Reply-To: sailesh@cs.berkeley.edu X-URL: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sailesh X-Attribution: Sailesh To: Tom Lane Cc: Bruce Momjian , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Are we losing momentum? References: <200304142237.h3EMbvv13720@candle.pha.pa.us> <2703.1050364467@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Sailesh Krishnamurthy Date: 14 Apr 2003 20:13:55 -0700 In-Reply-To: <2703.1050364467@sss.pgh.pa.us> Message-ID: Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-24.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,USER_AGENT_GNUS_UA, X_AUTH_WARNING autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200304/466 X-Sequence-Number: 37956 >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane writes: Tom> But I do sometimes worry that we are losing the mindshare Tom> war. We might be growing fine, but if we're growing slower Tom> than MySQL is, we've got a problem. I was just in the local This is probably true. Once people get exposed to PostgreSQL then there is a fair chance of forming an opinion. Today one of the undergraduates in my class was telling me how after hacking pgsql internals he has such a different impression of the two systems (earlier he'd built a site with MySQL going by the "works for slashdot" philosophy). -- Peace, at last ? Sailesh http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sailesh