Thread: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL in Japan (was: Are we losing momentum?)
Tatsuo, this has always fascinated me. Any insights you could share about how PostgreSQL achieved the prominence it hasin Japan (and how MySQL did not) would be very interesting. Cheers, Ned ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tatsuo Ishii" <t-ishii@sra.co.jp> To: <pgsql@mohawksoft.com> Cc: <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>; <cjs@cynic.net>; <brent@rcfile.org>; <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Are we losing momentum? > Hey! don't go knocking PHP, it is probably one of the most flexible and > easy to use systems around. I have done several fairly large projects > with PHP and while it is an "ugly" environment, it performs well enough, > has a very usable extension interface, it is quick and easy to even > large projects done. Right. PHP is our friend. In Japan Apache+PHP+PostgreSQL combo is the standard for Web systems. Very few people uses Apache+PHP+MySQL. -- Tatsuo Ishii ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
> Tatsuo, this has always fascinated me. Any insights you could share about how PostgreSQL achieved the prominence it hasin Japan (and how MySQL did not) would be very interesting. PostgreSQL started to become popular in 1998(PostgreSQL 6.4 days). In the year a publisher asked me to write the first PostgreSQL book and fortunately it has sold very well. From then many PostgreSQL books have been published and lots of magazine articles have been written too. As as result, PostgreSQL users could enjoy rich PostgreSQL information in Japanese. Since most Japanese (including me) is not very good at English, localized docs for PostgreSQL is the key factor for the "prominence". On the other hand, almost no good Japanese MySQL books have ever appeared. Next point is the community. Japan PostgreSQL Users Group (JPUG) has been established in 1999 and now has over 1800 registered members (local ML for PostgreSQL has over 5400 subscribers). I guess MySQL does not have this kind large community. These are not proven factors for the popularity of PostgreSQL in Japan, I believe they definitely could be listed as one of the top 10 reasons. -- Tatsuo Ishii