I received a response from the development coordinator of an OSS business application I'd really like to use, but it works only with MySQL. The two reasons the one interested developer isn't devoting more time to the port are a lack of priority and paying sponsor. However, what puzzles me is this statement: "PostgreSQL has continued to fall behind other database engines in both performance and features, so I don't see compelling reason to work on it in my very limited free time." While I'm far from being totally in tune with the dbms universe, this doesn't look accurate to me. I recall from years ago that MySQL was tuned for speedy reads so that's why it was adopted for so many Web sites. But, hasn't it been only recently that its features and performance have caught up with Postgres? I don't intend to start a major thread as these issues have come up over time on this list. But, I would like some response from more knowledgeable folks on the quoted statement above, just for my own edification. Thanks, Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | The Environmental Permitting Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Accelerator(TM) <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
