Thread: Where is Postgesql ? - MYSQL SURPRISES WITH MAXDB / MySQL appliance for Linux arrives

It would appear that MySQL is making great strides into the commercial and
even the enterprise arena.

I am not seeing the same news coverage being said about Postgresql.
I believe Postgresql has been a much better rdbms than MySQL for a long
time, so then why has not Postgresql grabbed the commercial and enterprise
arena before MySQL did?

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MYSQL SURPRISES WITH MAXDB | SearchEnterpriseLinux.com

MySQL isn't just an inexpensive data store any more. It's gone
mission-critical, says CEO Marten Mickos, who adds that his company
is capable of servicing and supporting an enterprise's database needs
and still fit neatly alongside Oracle and other big database players.

For the full details, click:
http://www.searchenterpriselinux.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci937988,00.html?track=NL-76

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MySQL appliance for Linux arrives:

"The product is highly reliable, very fast, and straightforward to use,"
Robert Frances Group's Robinson said. "The company is engaging in a number
of partnerships (Pogo and SAP) both to enhance its own product and to
increase its level of commercial support. Commercial support is critical to
increasing the number of enterprise deployments of MySQL, and the company
and its partners have done an admirable job of addressing this issue."

http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci913719,00.html

Matrin,

> It would appear that MySQL is making great strides into the commercial and
> even the enterprise arena.

Well, they had a lot of ground to make up.

> I am not seeing the same news coverage being said about Postgresql.
> I believe Postgresql has been a much better rdbms than MySQL for a long
> time, so then why has not Postgresql grabbed the commercial and enterprise
> arena before MySQL did?

Because PostgreSQL does not have a cadre of paid, full-time PR hacks to
trumpet our successes and/or make news items out of vaporware.    We have
part-time volunteers, and have only had a volunteer advocacy project at all
for a little over a year.

PostgreSQL is used heavily in large companies.  Unfortunately, one of the
factors which causes companies to choose postgresql -- that the BSD license
does not require code disclosure -- also means that they are reluctant to be
public with their use of the database.  For example, I have personally been
involved with 2 Fortune 500 companies and one major US government agency that
use PostgreSQL, and I can't name any of them.

If you are interested in getting more exposure for PostgreSQL, there are a lot
of things your could help on here.

--
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco