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 2FBA3D1D2B7; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:59:52 -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 47174-10; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:59:48 -0300 (ADT) Received: from stubee.d2hosting.net (d2hosting.net [66.70.41.160]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2883AD1C9B4; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:59:48 -0300 (ADT) Received: from idigx.com (stubee.d2hosting.net [66.70.41.160]) by stubee.d2hosting.net (8.11.6/linuxconf) with ESMTP id i3NExeh27379; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:59:41 -0500 Message-ID: <40892F76.2060207@idigx.com> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:00:06 -0500 From: Thomas Swan User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6a (Windows/20040421) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Momjian Cc: PostgreSQL-development , PostgreSQL advocacy Subject: Re: [HACKERS] What can we learn from MySQL? References: <200404230409.i3N49jC02890@candle.pha.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <200404230409.i3N49jC02890@candle.pha.pa.us> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.83.6.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 200404/218 X-Sequence-Number: 4190 Bruce Momjian wrote: >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. > > > MySQL became popular at my university when the students discovered they could install it on their personal computers. Just the exposure for personal development and trial is enough to win a following. Win32 installations are a big deal. With win32 machines outnumbering *nix operating systems by more than 10 to 1 (more on personal computers), the "unix only" restriction reduced the number of possible people testing and developing with it by at least that amount. Most developers I know work primarily on Windows workstations and asking for a machine to run Postgresql on unix is just not practical. With the win32 port, they can run it on their computers and at least test or evaluate their projects. I and a number of my friends are exceptionally please at the progress of the win32 port. Thank you!