Re: Need for PostgreSQL demand?

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On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:28:24 -0500
Kevin Hunter <hunteke@earlham.edu> wrote:

> That said, *my* first thought on a killer app for this era (~2008)
> lies more along the lines of relying heavily on the database but
> hiding that fact from the end-user.  I know that it has so far proven
> infeasible, but what about something like a DB-backed filesystem?

PostgreSQL has had killers apps for years, PostGIS anyone?

The problem is we don't have the killer monkey app, e.g;

We don't have SugarCRM (thank god, that code is horrendous).
We don't have 100% Drupal support.

etc...

Joshua D. Drake


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