Thread: Firebird, MySQL rules according to Evans
Hi Did you notice this? http://www.evansdata.com/n2/pr/releases/EDCDB05_01.shtml
Kaare Rasmussen wrote: > Hi > > Did you notice this? > > http://www.evansdata.com/n2/pr/releases/EDCDB05_01.shtml Actually it doesn't surprise me. How much you want to bet those 400 database developers are using Windows? Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) -- Command Prompt, Inc., your source for PostgreSQL replication, professional support, programming, managed services, shared and dedicated hosting. Home of the Open Source Projects plPHP, plPerlNG, pgManage, and pgPHPtoolkit. Contact us now at: +1-503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com
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On January 20, 2005 01:51 pm, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Kaare Rasmussen wrote: > > Hi > > > > Did you notice this? > > > > http://www.evansdata.com/n2/pr/releases/EDCDB05_01.shtml > > Actually it doesn't surprise me. How much you want to bet those 400 > database developers are using Windows? Sorry, I just don't believe the numbers. Just google these words and look at the hits returned: mysql: 42,700,000 oracle:34,000,000 firebird:3,400,000 postgresql: 8,650,000 -- Robert Bernier PostgreSQL Business Intelligence Analyst, SRA AMERICA (Formerly of One WTC) Consulting, PostgreSQL Services & PowerGres on Windows One Penn Plaza, Suite 1910 New York, NY 10119 Tel: 212.244.8833
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 11:25 +0100, Kaare Rasmussen wrote: > Hi > > Did you notice this? > > http://www.evansdata.com/n2/pr/releases/EDCDB05_01.shtml > A little painful that they didn't mention PostgreSQL, but they do here: http://www.evansdata.com/n2/surveys/database/2005_1/db_05_1_xmp1.shtml They only mention it briefly, but they say that PostgreSQL is for larger deployments, which is great. Regards, Jeff Davis
Robert Bernier wrote > Sorry, I just don't believe the numbers. Just google these words and > look at the hits returned: > mysql: 42,700,000 > oracle:34,000,000 > firebird:3,400,000 > postgresql: 8,650,000 Well, don't forget, that mozilla firefox was a long time also called firebird. If you add "sql" to all that searches, look at the result now (FWIW) ;-) mysql sql: 8,490,000 oracle sql: 8,330,000 firebird sql: 365,000 postgresql sql: 2.740,000 db2 sql: 2,000,000 interbase sql: 397,000 Firebird is now way behind. Best Regards, Michael Paesold
I can believe those numbers if I carefully read the description of what they are measuring. MySQL may be popular for small web developments, but is not as popular for real line of business tools as the other databases, IME, for obvious reasons. I would also expect PostgreSQL to do better now with the Windows port. Best Wishes, Chris Travers Michael Paesold wrote: > Robert Bernier wrote > >> Sorry, I just don't believe the numbers. Just google these words and >> look at the hits returned: >> mysql: 42,700,000 >> oracle:34,000,000 >> firebird:3,400,000 >> postgresql: 8,650,000 > > > Well, don't forget, that mozilla firefox was a long time also called > firebird. If you add "sql" to all that searches, look at the result > now (FWIW) ;-) > > mysql sql: 8,490,000 > oracle sql: 8,330,000 > firebird sql: 365,000 > postgresql sql: 2.740,000 > db2 sql: 2,000,000 > interbase sql: 397,000 > > Firebird is now way behind. > > Best Regards, > Michael Paesold > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings > >
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 13:51, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Kaare Rasmussen wrote: > > Hi > > > > Did you notice this? > > > > http://www.evansdata.com/n2/pr/releases/EDCDB05_01.shtml > > > Actually it doesn't surprise me. How much you want to bet those 400 > database developers are using Windows? > Found a follow up article which notes that 90% of the respondents used windows. Given that postgresql garnered 14% of the "market", that would mean that we got even 4% of windows users which imo is pretty good for pre-8.0 postgresql. Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
Guys, > Found a follow up article which notes that 90% of the respondents used > windows. Given that postgresql garnered 14% of the "market", that would > mean that we got even 4% of windows users which imo is pretty good for > pre-8.0 postgresql. FWIW, I am an Evans survey-ee. I'm more than a little puzzled by the article, as I don't recall having even seen FireBird as an option on any survey I've seen recently. I'm sure Firebird has gotten write-ins, but 50%? I wonder if they're getting the browser and the database mixed up? Still, this is good news for the FireBird folks, they need the news coverage. Way to go! -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco