PostgreSQL vs. MySQL in Japan (was: Are we losing momentum?) - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Ned Lilly
Subject PostgreSQL vs. MySQL in Japan (was: Are we losing momentum?)
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Responses Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL in Japan
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Tatsuo, this has always fascinated me.  Any insights you could share about how PostgreSQL achieved the prominence it
hasin Japan (and how MySQL did not) would be very interesting. 

Cheers,
Ned

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tatsuo Ishii" <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>
To: <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>
Cc: <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>; <cjs@cynic.net>; <brent@rcfile.org>; <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Are we losing momentum?


> Hey! don't go knocking PHP, it is probably one of the most flexible and
> easy to use systems around. I have done several fairly large projects
> with PHP and while it is an "ugly" environment, it performs well enough,
> has a very usable extension interface, it is quick and easy to even
> large projects done.

Right. PHP is our friend. In Japan Apache+PHP+PostgreSQL combo is the
standard for Web systems. Very few people uses Apache+PHP+MySQL.
--
Tatsuo Ishii


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