Thread: Seeking a market researcher
Folks, I would like to have some formal research done on why various classes of user today choose to adopt databases other than PostgreSQL. I've pinged some of my contacts in the Analyst field, but not turned up anyone I feel satisfied with. If anyone on this list has positive experience with market researchers, please put me in touch. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com
Josh Berkus wrote: > I would like to have some formal research done on why various classes of > user today choose to adopt databases other than PostgreSQL. I've pinged > some of my contacts in the Analyst field, but not turned up anyone I > feel satisfied with. > > If anyone on this list has positive experience with market researchers, > please put me in touch. I can tell you one reason in my experience. Apathy. They don't consider Postgres' many advantages over MySQL to be significant enough, and consider the latter to be good enough. They also don't see the importance of using some features at all. They treat the database more as just a store. Even though ostensibly the kind of data being stored is quite important. -- Darren Duncan
Hello Josh, On 09.11.2011 18:52, Josh Berkus wrote: > Folks, > > I would like to have some formal research done on why various classes of > user today choose to adopt databases other than PostgreSQL. I've pinged > some of my contacts in the Analyst field, but not turned up anyone I > feel satisfied with. Define others! :) My observation is that lots of play with NoSQL. I think it is a question of time until they figure out that maybe SQL would have been a better choice. Susanne -- Susanne Ebrecht - 2ndQuadrant PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services www.2ndQuadrant.com
Folks, Thanks for replies and thoughts, but really, the data is not the plural of anecdote. I really want some *formal* research which will go beyond community members' individual perspectives. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com