X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E3D1D1B897; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 04:59:57 -0300 (ADT) 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 64983-06; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 04:59:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ara.zf.jcu.cz (ara.zf.jcu.cz [160.217.161.4]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DBE3D1B50D; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 04:59:54 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ara.zf.jcu.cz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nod32.zf.jcu.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2051B9862; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:59:55 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanner: This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus system NOD32 for Linux Mail Server. For more information on NOD32 Antivirus System, please, visit our website: http://www.nod32.com/ Received: by ara.zf.jcu.cz (Postfix, from userid 5770) id 023A19864; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:59:55 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:59:54 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Bruce Momjian Cc: jm@poure.com, PostgreSQL-development , PostgreSQL advocacy Subject: Re: [HACKERS] What can we learn from MySQL? Message-ID: <20040427075954.GA12002@zf.jcu.cz> References: <200404262213.44601.jm@poure.com> <200404262041.i3QKfZs28845@candle.pha.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200404262041.i3QKfZs28845@candle.pha.pa.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200405/3 X-Sequence-Number: 4279 On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 04:41:35PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Jean-Michel POURE wrote: > [ PGP not available, raw data follows ] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > 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 -- Karel Zak http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/