On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 5:25 AM, Andy Yoder <ayo...@airfacts.com> wrote:
> Hello all, > > I would like the community's input on a topic. The words "too far out of > the mainstream" are from an e-mail we received from one of our clients, > describing the concern our client's IT group has about our use of > PostgreSQL in our shop. The group in question supports multiple different > databases, including Oracle, MySQL, SQLServer, DB2, and even some > non-relational databases (think Cobol and file-based storage), each type > with a variety of applications and support needs. We are in the running > for getting a large contract from them and need to address their question: > "What makes PostgreSQL no more risky than any other database?" > > Thanks in advance for your input. > > Andy Yoder > Hi all, I really don't want to waste your time too much on this - so please ignore if so - but I have been watching this group for many years. There are more than 26K emails in my inbox! You never hear from me because really I'm more a Java guy (PG hides behind Hibernate here) - and in the end PG just works perfectly forever on any dodgy customer PC we install on. So on this esteemed group I'm no more than a novice, although I would claim much dev and management experience. FWIW, my comments on this thread are as follows ... - The issue is one of "mind share" - MySQL has it, PG deserves it. - PG desperately needs to have amunition available for this OP - PG already convinces highly astute people who have time, knowledge, and inclination - PG misses too many people in influencial positions who don't have the above This mainly calls for ... (1) to have a visible community (2) to have endorsements (3) to be seen regularly So what to do? ... - Every PG conference (or gathering, expo trade show etc) should be expected to submit photos and a brief "story" of what went on. Who (half famous or important) was there, what was discussed, issues of the day etc. - "Rock stars" within or close enough to PG should be asked to write endorsements. CEOs, CIOs, gun devs, consultants. - Key PG people should be rostered to contribute one or two articles per year to mags, sites, etc - All the above should be posted on the website under the banner "Community" or something. - Anything more than 12-18 months old is trashed. I'm trying to think of things that take 1-4 hours here and there. Yip - I know I'm allocating work around where I have no right to do so, but I think that these soft issues are as important as ACID and replication. Anyway - nuff said - I'll return to my OutOfMemory exception. At least I know the data is safe. Cheers, -Damian
