Re: Are we losing momentum?

From: Kevin Brown <kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Are we losing momentum?
Date: 2003-04-15 00:30:27
Message-ID: 20030415003027.GY1833@filer
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Gavin Sherry wrote:
> During a lecture series at a university, I was criticised for not
> discussing Oracle instead of Postgres -- students told me that
> Oracle will make them money and Postgres wont.

Their impressions are probably based on reality as it was a couple of
years ago before the U.S. economy came crashing down.

But today? Companies are trying to figure out how to do things
cheaper, and there are a lot of situations for which Postgres is a
good fit but for which MySQL is a bad fit -- if it'll fit at all.

I seriously think the native Win32 port of Postgres will make a big
difference, because it'll be a SQL Server killer. Especially if it
comes with a nice administrative GUI. :-)

--
Kevin Brown kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com

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