Re: Why is MySQL more chosen over PostgreSQL?

well that and people tend to drift towards an easy answer,
like php... amazing how that combo is so popular... hrrmm...

Roderick A. Anderson writes:> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com wrote:> > [snip]> > > e) Inertia.  MySQL got
morepopular way back when; the reasons may no longer > > apply, but nobody is going to move to PostgreSQL without
_compelling_reason, > > and you'll have to show something _really compelling_.> > I would like to add one other
thought. There are many web site designers> that get thrust into being a web site programmer.  Without an>
understandingof database design and a novice programmers (?) view of the> process the benefits of letting the database
(RDBMS)do the database work> isn't recognized.  They code it all in the CGI.> > > Rod> -- >   "Open Source Software -
Sometimesyou get more than you paid for..."> > > ---------------------------(end of
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