Re: How to convince people to choose PostgreSQL over MySQL?

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)berkus(dot)org>
To: Stephen Cook <sclists(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tobias May <tobias(dot)m(at)inventati(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to convince people to choose PostgreSQL over MySQL?
Date: 2017-06-15 18:59:30
Message-ID: 6b20b038-6977-ea4d-8a10-95a65b78da3e@berkus.org
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On 06/14/2017 02:58 PM, Stephen Cook wrote:

>> I suggest you try a different tack: ask the developers what they
>> *specifically* don't like about PostgreSQL. It's quite possible that
>> their issues are things you could easily help with -- like installing
>> PostgreSQL on their laptops, or permissions. If you remove their main
>> reasons to gripe, then things will be a lot easier.
>>
>
> Don't mention that the two available GUIs are either discontinued or
> beta at best.

Do developers use GUIs for databases these days? I thought they did
everything through ORMs. See, that's the kind of thing one needs to ask
them.

--
Josh Berkus
Containers & Databases Oh My!

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