Re: Democracy and organisation : let's make a - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Democracy and organisation : let's make a
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Msg-id 200206251633.g5PGX7X23492@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Democracy and organisation : let's make a  ("Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Democracy and organisation : let's make a  ("Matthew T. O'Connor" <matthew@zeut.net>)
Re: Democracy and organisation : let's make a  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Also, I am concerned about the focus on MySQL as our "only competitor".
>  Frankly, I have never regarded MySQL as our primary competitor; that
> spot is reserved for Microsoft SQL Server.   Especially with the death
> of SQL Anywhere, Postgres and MS SQL are the two major databases in the
> transaction/vertical application space for the budget-minded business
> (although MS SQL is considerably less budget-minded than it was a year
> ago).   
> 
> When we've crushed MS SQL, then it's time to take on Oracle and DB2.

I think Oracle is our main competitor.  We seem to get more people
porting from Oracle than any other database, and our feature set matches
there's most closely.

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