They actually did make _some_ strides. The installer actually works consistently (knock on veneer-covered-pressboard), which is something I haven't seen since the pre-8i text-mode installs... Doesn't quite compare to the 5 minute untar/config/build/install/create database cycle we're used to with PG however. On 11/1/05 8:49 AM, "Tom Lane" <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jan Wieck <JanWieck@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> On 10/31/2005 1:14 PM, Chris Browne wrote: >>> The fact that it appears "a joke" to people wanting to deploy big >>> databases doesn't prevent it from taking a painful bite out of, oh, >>> say, certain vendors that forgot to own their own transactional >>> storage engine... > >> It's not a joke. It fits exactly the "small web application" needs. Who >> will want to pay for a commercial MySQL license when they can run Oracle >> for free? > > People who can't figure out how to configure Postgres are not likely to > get far with Oracle ;-). Unless Oracle has made some *huge* strides in > ease of installation/administration with 10g, I see this making > practically no dent in MySQL. Or PG for that matter. All they're > really likely to accomplish is to cannibalize some of their own low-end > sales. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly -- Andrew Rawnsley Chief Technology Officer Investor Analytics, LLC (740) 587-0114 http://www.investoranalytics.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
