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Essentially they were a bigger earlier, and a little bit louder, and
created an initial following, which in turn got more articles and books
being published, more products being written for, and therefore they gained
the "mind share" or "momentum" or "buzz". They were also cross platform
(particularly windows) earlier which further lowered the barriers to entry
for many enthusiasts, trialists, hobbiests to try it out before introducing
it into their workplace.
In short they were the first of the breed to gain momentum, so the majority
of fresh un-aligned interest that rushed into that fast growing industry
segment coalesced there.
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Vincent Veyron <vv.lists@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Le mercredi 21 mars 2012 à 02:49 -0600, Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda a
> écrit :
> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Geek Matter <geekmatter@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > > i just wondering, why mysql is more popular than postgresql ?
> > >
> >
> > Pretty blonde girls doing marketing
>
> Not sure about that, but it would not be surprising considering who is
> backing them.
>
> However, I once read that the real reason is that mysql was available
> when ISPs came of existence, circa 1995. It lacked important features of
> an RDBMS (you can google the details), but it was enough to satisfy the
> needs of php scripts for instance.
>
> First to market, in short.
>
>
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