Re: db-engines Ranking for PostgreSQL

(woops, re-sending to OP as I forgot to cc the list)

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:23 AM, Sameer Kumar <sameer(dot)kumar(at)ashnik(dot)com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I was recently going through the ranking of Databases given by db-engines.com
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> PostgreSQL was ranked 5th, with a score 7 times lesser than Oracle and 6times lesser than MySQL. You can check their ranking Algorithm over here:
> http://db-engines.com/en/ranking_definition
>

The one question I always wondered about that was when they track
PostgreSQL, do they also include "Postgres". I think we're
particularly more susceptible to this problem than other databases.

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> I wrote to them asking to improve the same by considering PostgreSQL user group discussion too for their ranking algorithm. Below is the response I got:
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>> Hi Sameer,
>> Thank you for your interest in our ranking and for your proposal.
>> We are always looking for ways to improve the ranking method, and any ideas are very welcome. From the figures we have we don't see a significant advantage or disadvantage for open source systems caused by their specific communication channels, but we will closer investigate your suggestion at our next ranking evaluation.
>> all the best
>> Matthias Gelbmann
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> I am going to provide them with a link where they can track user discussions and its frequency. Is there any consolidated view/search/count for all the different user forums we have in PostgreSQL community?
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>

I believe you can look in the archives to get monthly counts, but I'm
not sure we publish those numbers explicitly in an easily digestible
format.

Robert Treat
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