On 04/18/2016 07:19 PM, Tsunakawa, Takayuki wrote:
>> From: pgsql-advocacy-owner@postgresql.org
>> Difference is, PostgreSQL adoption is growing whereas MySQL is not.
>
> That's good news. On the other hand, the problem/question is whether MySQL users will become inclined to migrate to
aotherdatabase. I'm a bit pessimistic about it because those who like MySQL now will like MySQL/MariaDB in the
future...
Migration is a zero-sum game. I'm more interested in new users who
haven't already chosen a database.
>> MariaDB could change that, though; they're picking up a lot of interest.
>
> And Amazon Aurora?
So far, that's mostly replacing MySQL RDS.
>
> BTW, AWS might develop something like Aurora based on PostgreSQL as a manager at AWS posted to pgsql-jobs a few days
ago.
We'll see. The implementation of Aurora is based on MySQL's tabletype
system, so they'd need something completely different for Postgres.
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Josh Berkus
Red Hat OSAS
(any opinions are my own)
