From: | Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org> |
---|---|
To: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Need for "Getting Started" Tutorial |
Date: | 2007-05-02 14:43:20 |
Message-ID: | 60ps5je16f.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com |
Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
Thread: | |
Lists: | pgsql-advocacy |
rotellaro(at)gmail(dot)com (Federico) writes:
> On 5/2/07, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I share the same feeling. One of the misconceptions with PostgreSQL is
>> that it is a very hard-to-install product, not user-friendly,
>> especially for potential new users such as students. That is totally
>> wrong and it is something that we must solve as community.
>
> It's All Relative as Einstein told us ;)
> If you compare the PostgreSQL installation with oracle's you discover
> that PostgreSQL is very simple ^_^
The newcomers that are getting turned off are not comparing PostgreSQL
with Oracle; they are *vastly* more likely to be comparing with
MySQL(tm)[1] or SQLite.
Footnotes:
[1] MySQL is a trademark of MySQL AB.
--
(format nil "~S(at)~S" "cbbrowne" "acm.org")
http://linuxdatabases.info/info/internet.html
Should we throw another human wave of structural engineers at
stabilizing the Leaning Tower of Pisa, or should we let the damn thing
fall over and build a tower that doesn't suck?
-- Neal Stephenson, In the Beginning Was the Command Line
From | Date | Subject | |
---|---|---|---|
Next Message | David Fetter | 2007-05-02 15:57:57 | Re: Need for "Getting Started" Tutorial |
Previous Message | Joshua Kramer | 2007-05-02 13:44:33 | Re: Need for "Getting Started" Tutorial |