Re: Re: Re: Why PostgreSQL is not that popular as MySQL ?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Brett W(dot) McCoy" <bmccoy(at)chapelperilous(dot)net>
Cc: Matthew <matt(at)ctlno(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Why PostgreSQL is not that popular as MySQL ?
Date: 2000-12-11 01:23:58
Message-ID: 2789.976497838@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Brett W. McCoy" <bmccoy(at)chapelperilous(dot)net> writes:
> On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Matthew wrote:
>> [Matthew] Would it make sense for postgre to have a mysql
>> compatibility module? An add on package (perhaps in contrib) that
>> would add many of the functions that mysql has that postgre does not.

> I think it would be wasted effort. I would rather the developers focus on
> PostgreSQL, not MySQL, or Access, or whatever.

I agree that the key developers shouldn't spend much time on such a
thing, but on the other hand this isn't a project that requires a key
developer to get done. If Matthew or someone else feels like spending
time on it, I wouldn't object...

regards, tom lane

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