On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:05 AM, John Gage <jsmgage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Shopping carts, company blogs, etc. Popular pieces of software.
As common denominators go, that's pretty low.
Perhaps what is needed is a dumbed down version of Postgres.
I dont think that is what is required - as I mentioned above, developers who work on php+mysql dont do it because they are dumb. A LOT of clients, specifically ask for it (similarly for J2EE) because there is a huge amount of talent available. Ruby on Rails is getting there.
But the MySQL camp has been innovating - Percona, XtraDB, MariaDB - all of them are going beyond the legacy MySQL architecture, yet retaining language compatibility.
All of them get the ecosystem for free.
What Postgres needs is a "dumbed-down" ecosystem, rather than the DB itself. As you mentioned above, these are low common denominators, but that denominator makes 90% of usage in the real world. They need help from you guys to make choices which include Postgres.
Hang out in the popular software forums and help us in using Postgres + <whatever >, because there is simply too much FUD about PG and too much love for every other db.
regards
Sandeep
