> If you want to get users to swtich to your software from your competitors, you
> have to eliminate barriers, and a big one for any database is getting locked
> into a specific one. People aren't going to take the time to try switching
> to postgresql if they can't easily make it back to thier former database.
> It's one of the reasons why PostgreSQL's standards compliance is so
> important; if you want to swtich to a new database, your best bet is to give
> PostgreSQL a shot, because even if you don't like it, we're not going to try
> and trap you into our software with bunches of non-standard knobs. Low
> barrier to exit == low barrier to entry.
Another reason why a tool to export from pgsql to mysql is just as
important as the vice versa...
Chris