> We need to look at all the things that MySQL is doing right, because
> our technical superiority alone is not going to save us. I've also
> started to think lately that our BSD license may be an even greater
> asset than our feature set. More about that later in a PP rant. :)
I think that commercial interest in PostgreSQL is really picking up rather nicely. PostgreSQL is generally accepted by techies (of all varieties) to be superior to MySQL and an increasingly worthy substitute for Oracle, DB2, & SQL Svr in many situations.
Where MySQL has been "superior" is in marketing propaganda. As more commercial companies, with marketing dollars, partner with the Postgres community... I think the PG community will blow by MySQL in the coming eighteen months to become the "Most Advanced" AND the "Most Popular". Additionally, these commercial companies should sponsor ever more full time PG community superstars so the pace of new enterprise-class features, in core PG, continues to quicken.
--Denis Lussier
Chief Architect & Chairman
