| From: | Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh(at)pop(dot)jaring(dot)my> |
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| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: php professional |
| Date: | 2007-02-22 18:26:19 |
| Message-ID: | 200702221828.l1MISLhG077100@smtp8.jaring.my |
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At 02:16 AM 2/23/2007, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>We do not compete with MySQL.
>
>Does MySQL have the mindshare of the ignorant? Yes.
>Does MySQL have the mindhare of the knowledgeable? No.
>
>Our mindshare is *huge* with the knowledgeable.
>
>I will take mindshare with the knowledgeable over the ignorant, every
>second of the day. They pay better.
The ignorant outnumber the knowledgeable by magnitudes. Lots of
ignorant people paying small sums of money add up to quite a lot
(politicians exploit that regularly).
Also those expensive consultants find it much easier to get lots of
money from ignorant people on a regular basis :).
But if you're the sort who actually cares, it's easier to sleep at
night the postgresql way ;).
Regards,
Link.
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