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