On Thursday 17 May 2007 17:16, Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> On 5/17/07, Gavin M. Roy <gmr@myyearbook.com> wrote:
> > Do we really want to pursue making PostgreSQL easier to admin for the
> > non-system admin? Cpanel and plesk and like tools are pretty far down
> > the list of important things to support or code for.
>
> From my perspective, the PostgreSQL development community focuses
> mostly on stability and standards than on nifty features,
> administration, and usability. It's great that we have a solid
> database, but that's worth nothing more than a mere hobby if no one
> chooses to use it.
>
> Microsoft, Oracle, and even MySQL have realized that administration
> and management play a significant role in adoption. Good
> administration tools get people into using the system without having
> to fully understand the nuts-and-bolts of the system... which is
> basically required if you want to tune PostgreSQL worth a darn. Sure,
> there are tools out there for PostgreSQL that are great at
> administration and development, but they're standalone, not well known
> outside the community, and don't really integrate with anything
> commonly used.
>
> It would be nice if we had community development members that would
> focus on adding PostgreSQL support into major OSS projects, but it
> doesn't seem like we either don't have that crowd, or none are
> especially eager to volunteer for those tasks.
>
Yep... been preaching this for years, but we just dont seem to have people
interested in it, and IMHO we have some who are are just as happy that we
don't make inroads to certain communites.
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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL