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PostgreSQL on Debian popularity

From
Greg Smith
Date:
The current poll running on the Debian Administration site covers
database popularity for that platform:
http://www.debian-administration.org/polls/146

It's interesting to compare to a very similar poll from three years
ago:  http://www.debian-administration.org/polls/102

What at first appears to be a slight drop in MySQL penetration (62% to
59%) is a mistake in how the question was asked IMHO.  If you just add
in the MariaDB users to the MySQL count, the combined percentage goes to
61%.  The relative penetration of PostgreSQL vs. MySQL hasn't changed
very much during that time

The only statistically significant difference is that the count of
Oracle users has stayed steady at ~100 despite a general 30% increase in
poll responses.  Not really surprising that Oracle on Debian installs
has flatlined recently, it's really not the preferred platform to run
that on.

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Re: PostgreSQL on Debian popularity

From
Florian Weimer
Date:
* Greg Smith:

> The only statistically significant difference is that the count of
> Oracle users has stayed steady at ~100 despite a general 30% increase
> in poll responses.  Not really surprising that Oracle on Debian
> installs has flatlined recently, it's really not the preferred
> platform to run that on.

It's also not clear to which Oracle database product the question
refers.  Debian's default installation contains an Oracle database
(Berkeley DB is Priority: standard).

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Re: PostgreSQL on Debian popularity

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Greg Smith wrote:
> The current poll running on the Debian Administration site covers
> database popularity for that platform:
> http://www.debian-administration.org/polls/146
>
> It's interesting to compare to a very similar poll from three years
> ago:  http://www.debian-administration.org/polls/102
>
> What at first appears to be a slight drop in MySQL penetration (62% to
> 59%) is a mistake in how the question was asked IMHO.  If you just add
> in the MariaDB users to the MySQL count, the combined percentage goes to
> 61%.  The relative penetration of PostgreSQL vs. MySQL hasn't changed
> very much during that time
>
> The only statistically significant difference is that the count of
> Oracle users has stayed steady at ~100 despite a general 30% increase in
> poll responses.  Not really surprising that Oracle on Debian installs
> has flatlined recently, it's really not the preferred platform to run
> that on.

I am certainly surprised by the lack of Postgres increase in the past
three years?  Are we increasingly used on other platforms but not
Debian?  Doesn't seem likely.

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Re: PostgreSQL on Debian popularity

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
> What at first appears to be a slight drop in MySQL penetration (62% to
> 59%) is a mistake in how the question was asked IMHO.  If you just add
> in the MariaDB users to the MySQL count, the combined percentage goes to
> 61%.  The relative penetration of PostgreSQL vs. MySQL hasn't changed
> very much during that time

What's also interesting is that the "Other" category hasn't grown
significantly.  I'd have expected it to with all the new databases about.


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