Re: Elocution
От | Jason Hihn |
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Тема | Re: Elocution |
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Msg-id | NGBBLHANMLKMHPDGJGAPAEGNCAAA.jhihn@paytimepayroll.com обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: Elocution ("Merlin Moncure" <merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com>) |
Список | pgsql-advocacy |
> I personally think a win32 will instantly catapult postgresql into > superstar status and bring in legions of developers who are dissatisfied > with Microsoft products. It will also make postgres a member of a very > small club of full feature databases that you can package and ship with > a commercial application. I can think of no other Great Database for Windows. MySQL might come close, but we can sweep them under the rug by pointing out that moving between (develop, deploy) on PG is much easier because of similar feature sets. How in MySQL can you do triggers and ref. integ. constraints? Any seasoned app developer will know that each customer has a preference for a particular database. Working from one that is highly ANSI compliant, as well as possessing the same features as the Great Databases, will ease the portings. This is a completely reasonable FUD tactic. You never know what DB your customer is going to require it in. One may want Oracle, another SQL Server, another DB2. The cost of developing against all of those (licensing only) is roughly $50,000, where as PostgreSQL is free, freely deployable and easily ported from. (What my former company did when they found themselves in this situation is to get a commitment that would cover the cost. Alternatives are to have the customer ship you the machine with the DB pre-installed for testing if support/maintenance is not required.) Even though you could use MySQL in the same way, (putting trigger logic in the app) one problem is that if you have multiple clients, all clients must be upgraded lest one put your data asunder. By developing business rules and following them, you only need to update the clients when the business logic changes. Other times that enhancements are made, they are made in 1 place, and all others get the updates intrinsically, instantly. That is another FUD item. Note: FUD is ok, as long as it's valid. But anyway, I agree with Merlin, particularly that Mono ASP.Net is out now... -----Original Message----- From: Robert Treat [mailto:xzilla@users.sourceforge.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:25 PM To: Jason Hihn Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Elocution On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 10:42, Jason Hihn wrote: > I feel that we must examine the reasons why MySQL got picked up and ran > with. Several of the core group of php developers are windows guys. Since mysql ran on windows, they made sure php had extremely tight mysql integration. mysql rode the coat-tails of php to mass popularity. Robert Treat ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org)
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