Re: POSTGRESQL Newbie - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: POSTGRESQL Newbie
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In response to Re: POSTGRESQL Newbie  (Vincent Veyron <vv.lists@wanadoo.fr>)
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2012/3/21 Vincent Veyron <vv.lists@wanadoo.fr>:
> Le mercredi 21 mars 2012 à 02:49 -0600, Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda a
> écrit :
>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Geek Matter <geekmatter@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > i just wondering, why mysql is more popular than postgresql ?
>> >
>>
>> Pretty blonde girls doing marketing
>
> Not sure about that, but it would not be surprising considering who is
> backing them.
>
> However, I once read that the real reason is that mysql was available
> when ISPs came of existence, circa 1995. It lacked important features of
> an RDBMS (you can google the details), but it was enough to satisfy the
> needs of php scripts for instance.
>
> First to market, in short.
>

exactly

Pavel



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