Re: (wtf) Top 20 Open Source Software Projects in the Enterprise

Jim C. Nasby wrote:

On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 01:12:07AM -0300, Guido Barosio wrote: 

http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3689871

Only one database there, MySQL, wtf.   

To quote...

"To come up with its Top 20 list, OpenLogic, a provider of open source
solutions that help its 700 Global 2000 enterprise customers acquire,
support, track and control open source software, queries its customers
as to which open source software projects they are using."

The reason MySQL shows and PostgreSQL doesn't is that there's all kinds
of other OSS projects that use MySQL, so it ends up in the door that
way. It's also got way more people that know it.

PostgreSQL OTOH typically only goes into an organization if they either
run into problems they can't solve in MySQL or if there's a (loud)
internal advocate.

This is why I disagree with the notion that MySQL isn't our
competition... this shows how it's popularity ends up hurting us. 

I also find it humorous that vim made the list, but emacs didn't.  Note that I'm a vim user, not an emacs user, so I'm only "amused", not "annoyed".  But it does make me question the accuracy of the list.

Brian