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@ 2003-11-21 15:30 Martin_Hurst@dom.com
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From: Martin_Hurst@dom.com @ 2003-11-21 15:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
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It would appear that MySQL is making great strides into the commercial and
even the enterprise arena.
I am not seeing the same news coverage being said about Postgresql.
I believe Postgresql has been a much better rdbms than MySQL for a long
time, so then why has not Postgresql grabbed the commercial and enterprise
arena before MySQL did?
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SEARCHDATABASE.COM | Database Industry News and Advice
November 20, 2003
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MYSQL SURPRISES WITH MAXDB | SearchEnterpriseLinux.com
MySQL isn't just an inexpensive data store any more. It's gone
mission-critical, says CEO Marten Mickos, who adds that his company
is capable of servicing and supporting an enterprise's database needs
and still fit neatly alongside Oracle and other big database players.
For the full details, click:
http://www.searchenterpriselinux.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci937988,00.html?track=NL-76
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MySQL appliance for Linux arrives:
"The product is highly reliable, very fast, and straightforward to use,"
Robert Frances Group's Robinson said. "The company is engaging in a number
of partnerships (Pogo and SAP) both to enhance its own product and to
increase its level of commercial support. Commercial support is critical to
increasing the number of enterprise deployments of MySQL, and the company
and its partners have done an admirable job of addressing this issue."
http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci913719,00.html
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@ 2003-11-21 21:51 Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
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From: Robert Treat @ 2003-11-21 21:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Martin_Hurst@dom.com; +Cc: pgsql-interfaces
On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 10:30, Martin_Hurst@dom.com wrote:
> It would appear that MySQL is making great strides into the commercial and
> even the enterprise arena.
>
> I am not seeing the same news coverage being said about Postgresql.
> I believe Postgresql has been a much better rdbms than MySQL for a long
> time, so then why has not Postgresql grabbed the commercial and enterprise
> arena before MySQL did?
>
MySQL has always put a concerted effort into marketing it's database,
which makes sense since they are a commercial organization whose main
existence is to make money. Add to that there recent injection of
venture capital which garners them lots of media attention and their
recent partnership with sapdb which gives them a direct line into the
enterprise market, and its no real surprise that they can make
headlines.
I believe will have a technically superior product (more features than
mysql, better performance than sapdb) but as history has shown thats not
always enough to the dominant player. Personally though I'd rather see
folks focus on questions like "why haven't we gained a large influx of
former informix users?" and "how can we get more software developers to
port their software to postgresql?"
BTW - This is rather off topic for this newsgroup, if you want to
discuss it further or have an inkling to get involved promoting
postgresql, i'd suggest posting to pgsql-advocacy, where there are a
whole gaggle of folks who seem to tread this ground on a regular basis.
Robert Treat
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