Re: Elocution

I think that is a very astute observation.  IMHO the only advantage
mysql has left is the very most important one, windows compatibility.  I
think many people underestimate just how distasteful it is for most
windows users it is to run a cygwin installation of anything, much less
a production database (even for development purposes).  If you hop over
to the ports and cygwin lists you will find tons of issues, even very
basic ones, with cygwin installations.

I personally think a win32 will instantly catapult postgresql into
superstar status and bring in legions of developers who are dissatisfied
with Microsoft products.  It will also make postgres a member of a very
small club of full feature databases that you can package and ship with
a commercial application.

Merlin




-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Treat [mailto:xzilla@users.sourceforge.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:25 PM
To: Jason Hihn
Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Elocution

On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 10:42, Jason Hihn wrote:
> I feel that we must examine the reasons why MySQL got picked up and
ran
> with.

Several of the core group of php developers are windows guys. Since
mysql ran on windows, they made sure php had extremely tight mysql
integration. mysql rode the coat-tails of php to mass popularity.

Robert Treat



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