Hi,
The technology exhibition Systems 2006 in Munich, Germany was last week
(October 23-27).
The publisher C&L (German magazine FreeX) sponsored some of the open
source booths including PostgreSQL.
There were 53000 visitors.
Every day from 10:00 to 17:30 it was very busy at the PostgreSQL booth.
Thinking about a 5 minute rest was not possible.
The most frequently asked question was: what is the different to oracle.
Other frequently asked questions were:
what is the different to mysql
how difficult is a migration from another system to PostgreSQL
and questions about replication, clustering, backup and GIS/GIST.
Lots of international visitors were interested in PostgreSQL.
Some visitors come from Scandinavia but lots of visitors come from
eastern europe (Hungary, Bulgaria, etc.) and countries like Russia,
Belarus, Ukraina, Latvia, Estonia, etc.
Also there were lots of visitors from big companies at the booth and
told us, they already use PostgreSQL.
Now we know, PostgreSQL is found in the most big german companies (e.g.
common German carriers, banks, insurances, car makers, companies for
domestic appliances)
In a nutshell, the systems in Munich/Germany was a complete success.
Susanne