Re: drupal.org MySQL database issues

Another serious issue (at least in the US) is the relative lack of
PostgreSQL folks for permanent hire (ie: not contract). Is the situation
different in Italy?

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 08:58:25PM +0200, Gabriele Bartolini wrote:
> Josh Berkus ha scritto:
> >to adopt MySQL.  MySQL is still much, much better at marketing than we are.
> >
> Hi Josh,
>
>   please allow me to break into your discussion. The *marketing* issue
> is something that - at least in Italy - is virtually non existant.
>
>   We have just started a project within the PGDay whose aim is to
> create a working group of ICT companies that work together with the
> community in order to target their needs and to promote PostgreSQL better.
>
>   My opinion is that people do not use PostgreSQL as they should because:
>
> 1) they do not know about it (believe me, that is true and an absolute
> shame and - allow me the expression - a waste!!!)
> 2) they think it is too hard to setup and to maintain (that's absolutely
> a misconception - it has got a steeper learning curve, but IMHO
> PostgreSQL skills are highly transferrable - at least much more than
> MySQL's)
> 3) there is no professional assistance
> 4) it lacks of diffused and cheap ways of using it (I refer to the LAMP
> framework for instance).
>
>   The aim of the working group is therefore to help the community to
> get to know better the business requests and let companies know about
> the community. I am interested into knowing if you have had similar
> experiences in other parts of the world and what are your thoughts.
>
> Ciao,
> Gabriele
>
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