The problem is that postgres has failed to thrive as a web based back end database. Ever heard of the LAMP soluton? Linux + Apache + Mysql + Php. Its unfortunate, but real. Its easy to find hosting with Mysql db, its not as easy (although getting more common I think) to find hosting with Postgres db.
Having used (still using) both Postgres and Mysql, without a doubt Postgres is superior to Mysql, and probably used more for back end systems then for web based db. Mysql is used for many web site probably because Mysql is "sufficient" for what most web sites need. Terry Fielder Manager Software Development and Deployment Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: (416) 441-9085 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Parker > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 3:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [GENERAL] trash talk > > > In an article about IBM's releasing Cloudscape to Apache, > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1630856,00.asp > > eWeek says: > > "The developer community for Cloudscape now consists of about 80 IBM > developers, Rivot said. IBM of course anticipates that population will > explode when the open-source community gets its hand on the code, but > just because a product goes open source doesn't mean it will > succeed, as > can be witnessed by the failure of the PostgreSQL database to thrive > under this model." > > It's amazing how much list activity there is for this "dead" database! > ;-) > > - DAP > ====================================================== > David Parker Tazz Networks (401) 709-5130 > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) >
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