Thread: [Fwd: Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] Proposal for a cascaded master-slave repl ication system]

Just thought I'd pass this note along this way... I would really like to
see some breakdowns on PostgreSQL vs m$/informix myself.

Robert Treat

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> From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
> Hans-J=FCrgen Sch=F6nig wrote:
> > Meanwhile we seem to be in a situation where PostgreSQL is rather=20
> > competing against Oracle than against MySQL. In our case there are more=
> =20
> > people asking for Oracle -> Pg migration than for MySQL -> Pg. MySQL=20
> > does not seem to be the great enemy because most people know that it is=
> =20
> > an inferior product anyway.
>
> I can confirm Hans' impressions --- I get very few questions about MySQL
> vs. PostgreSQL, at least in the past few years.  People still using
> MySQL at this point know they are using something inferior to
> PostgreSQL, and if they didn't, the new MySQL licensing has made it
> abundantly clear.  MySQL just isn't in the same league, and probably
> will never be.  What people want is Informix/Oracle/MS-SQL =3D> PostgreSQ=
> L.
>
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