X-Original-To: pgsql-interfaces-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE17CD1D21F for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 21:52:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 93613-01 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:51:48 -0400 (AST) Received: from bramble.mmrd.com (unknown [65.217.53.66]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 167C1D1B53A for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:51:46 -0400 (AST) Received: from thorn.mmrd.com (thorn.mmrd.com [172.25.10.100]) by bramble.mmrd.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hALKwgcM011610; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:58:42 -0500 Received: from gnvex001.mmrd.com (gnvex001.mmrd.com [192.168.3.55]) by thorn.mmrd.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hALLpil17619; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:51:45 -0500 Received: from camel.mmrd.com ([172.25.5.213]) by gnvex001.mmrd.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id V3JR45TW; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:51:42 -0500 Subject: Re: Where is Postgesql ? - MYSQL SURPRISES WITH MAXDB From: Robert Treat To: Martin_Hurst@dom.com Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 21 Nov 2003 16:51:44 -0500 Message-Id: <1069451504.10335.13262.camel@camel> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/43 X-Sequence-Number: 4601 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 -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL