Re: [HACKERS] Democracy and organisation : let's make a revolution in

2002-06-25 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
> OK, I want to know, does anyone see MySQL gaining in market share in > comparison to PostgreSQL, or is MySQL gaining against other databases? > Is MySQL gaining sites faster than we are gaining sites? > > Every indication I can see is that PostgreSQL is gaining on MySQL. > > The Linux/FreeBSD co

Re: [HACKERS] Democracy and organisation : let's make a revolution in the Debian way

2002-06-24 Thread Tom Lane
Josh Berkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Frankly, my feeling is, as a "geek-to-geek" product, PostgreSQL is already > adequately marketed through our huge network of DBA users and code > contributors. Well, mumble ... it seems to me that we are definitely suffering from a "buzz gap" (cf missil

Re: [HACKERS] Democracy and organisation : let's make a revolution in the Debian way

2002-06-24 Thread Josh Berkus
Jean-Michel, > It seems clear that several teams are working without central point management > and contact: > - Marketing: MySQL sucks and has a team of marketing sending junk technical > emails and writing false benchmarks. Who is in charge of marketing at > PostgreSQL? Where can I find a

Re: [HACKERS] Democracy and organisation : let's make a revolution in

2002-06-20 Thread Neil Conway
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 12:09:35 -0400 (EDT) "Bruce Momjian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jean-Michel POURE wrote: > > - Replication: development is slow although a lot of people would be > > interested in helping. But there is no central organization apart from the > > hackers-list. Replication de

First Win32 Contribution (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Democracy and organisation: let's make a revolution in)

2002-06-20 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Jan Wieck wrote: > > Jean-Michel POURE wrote: > > > [...] > > > As for current PostgreSQL organization, can someone explain me which W32 port > > > will make its way to PostgreSQL main source code? Can someone publish a > > > schedule for replication av

Re: [HACKERS] Democracy and organisation : let's make a revolution in

2002-06-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
Jan Wieck wrote: > Jean-Michel POURE wrote: > > [...] > > As for current PostgreSQL organization, can someone explain me which W32 port > > will make its way to PostgreSQL main source code? Can someone publish a > > schedule for replication availability? Who is in charge of explaining newbees > >

Re: [HACKERS] Democracy and organisation : let's make a revolution in

2002-06-20 Thread Thomas Lockhart
... > MySQL has such a team, and so does Oracle, and it helps. Linux was in a > similar boat, with multiple companies behind Linux, and every one > promoting its own company rather than Linux itself. We need large > PostgreSQL companies that promote themselves, and PostgreSQL along with > it. L

Re: [HACKERS] Democracy and organisation : let's make a revolution in

2002-06-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
Jean-Michel POURE wrote: > Le Mardi 18 Juin 2002 18:42, Serge Adda a ?crit : > > I am new to PostgreSQL, but I am interested in the Win32 port. > > I have studied the architecture of other databases like Oracle. > > Hello, > > It seems clear that several teams are working without central point m