On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 02:58:11PM -0400, Mark Woodward wrote:
> > Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> >> On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 09:35:34PM -0400, John DeSoi wrote:
> >>> On May 17, 2006, at 8:08 PM, Mark Woodward wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> What is the best way to go about creating a "plug and play,"
> >>>> PostgreSQL
> >>>> replacement for MySQL? I think the biggest problem getting PostgreSQL
> >>>> accepted is that so much code is available for MySQL.
> >>>
> >>> http://pgfoundry.org/projects/mysqlcompat/
> >>
> >> Even better would be coming up with a compatability mode, a la what
> >> EnterpriseDB has done for Oracle.
> >
> > Good Lord NO. I don't want a bunch of hacked up code *because* MySQL
> > does it this way, running on top of PostgreSQL.
> >
> > I want to run PostgreSQL. If you want to run MySQL, run MySQL. If you
> > want to run Oracle, run Oracle.
>
> It isn't always about what we want to do, unfortunately, sometimes it has
> to do with external factors outside of our control.
>
> The reality is that MySQL is widely supported by some very, shall we say,
> "interesting" open source projects and using these products with
> PostgreSQL would be a plus.
>
> I ask you, try to find some PHP/Open Source projects that support
> PostgreSQL just as well as MySQL? Most don't even support PostgreSQL.
Which means most ISPs don't support PostgreSQL. And most OSS users don't
get exposed to PostgreSQL. Which leads to more OSS that doesn't support
PostgreSQL...
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