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From: Karel Zak <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL advocacy <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] What can we learn from MySQL?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:59:54 +0200
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 04:41:35PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Jean-Michel POURE wrote:
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> > > My question is, "What can we learn from MySQL?"  I don't know there is
> > > anything, but I think it makes sense to ask the question.
> > 
> > Dear Bruce,
> > 
> > Taking the example of pgAdmin III, which reached nearly one million hits in 
> > December (http://www.pgadmin.org/stats/webalizer), nothing seems impossible 
> > for PostgreSQL.
> > 
> > Why not create an all-in-one bundle offering PostgreSQL, Apache, Php and 
> > PhpPgAdmin for Win32 and ... mass-release it.
> > 
> > There is no need to create a complete installer. There could be a single 
> > installer executing other installers (like it is sometimes the case in the 
> > Win32 world). So that installers remain different.
> > 
> > A single web page like "http://win.postgresql.org"; in 40 languages is enough 
> > to mass-release PostgreSQL.
> > 
> > With an installer and a single web page, PostgreSQL Win32 could quickly reach 
> > one million downloads every month.
> > 
> > There is no need to look for complicated strategies. Every month, there can be 
> > 10% more downloads. In the end, people will even forget the name of MySQL.
> 
> That seems like a good idea.

 Agree. The  page  should  be  describe basic  PostgreSQL  features  and
 step-by-step introduction from  download to a first  user's "SELECT ...
 FROM".

 Do you expect translate PostgreSQL-win installer to foreign languages?

    Karel

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 Karel Zak  <[email protected]>
 http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/



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