Re: WebGUI vote on whether to drop PostgreSQL

On Wednesday 30 July 2003 15:52, Robert Treat wrote:
> I'd like for them to keep supporting postgresql, but I think the point
> is that the core WebGUI developers are anti-postgresql

I don't know, but I can guess there are several other reasons:

1) Web hosting
WebGUI developers earn some money selling WebGUI web space. Maybe they changed
web hosting companies and own a shared server with only MySQL installed. Or
they do not have PhpPgAdmin 3.0 installed and don't know how to run queries
remotely in psql using ssh. This can be such a stupid reason, who knows?

2) Windows
MySQL success is ***only*** due to its bundling with PHP and its availability
under Windows. Strangely, in Php interactive documentation, I noticed most
users were running Windows + Php + MySQL. Maybe WebGUI developers use Windows
stations for development and were not able to install PostgreSQL using
Cygwin. This can be such a stupid reason, who knows?

On the other hand, people can get educated very quickly. For example, Dave and
I come from a Windows world. Can you believe it?

Now, when I look back at a Win32 station and compare it to a recent GNU/Linux
distribution, the Win32 station looks more or less like a game for children.
I own five Windows licences and have only one installed, running now and
then.

That's the power of PostgreSQL.

If we accept our differences and offer packaged solutions including several
products, targeted at both Unixes and Win32, the world of database can change
dramatically. And users will get more educated.

There is reason for hope. 20 million dollars will not change the world. By
2040, India will have 1.6 billion inhabitants. Do you really think they will
be using MySQL and Ms Windows... Ahhhhhh!!!!!!

Cheers,
Jean-Michel