Re: Attacking MySQL, was Thoughs after discussions at OSCON - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Attacking MySQL, was Thoughs after discussions at OSCON
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In response to Attacking MySQL, was Thoughs after discussions at OSCON  (Chris Travers <chris@travelamericas.com>)
Responses Re: Attacking MySQL, was Thoughs after discussions  (Chris Travers <chris@travelamericas.com>)
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Am Sonntag, 14. August 2005 07:56 schrieb Chris Travers:
> The web-hosting/ecommerce market is a very important market for us to
> attack, not just because of MySQL, but also because the alternative
> often is MS SQL Server.  Attacking MySQL in this market is therefore
> also moving up to further threaten MS SQL in one of their markets.

IMO, the web hosting market is fairly uninteresting. And MySQL knows this,
that's why they have invested so much in MaxDB, which gives them an inroad to
the "enterprise" market, which has a lower public profile, but much more
money.

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