Re: What can we learn from MySQL?

Jean-Michel POURE wrote:
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> > 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.
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> Dear Bruce,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.

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