Re: "Too far out of the mainstream"

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Mike Christensen <mike(at)kitchenpc(dot)com>
Cc: Geert Mak <pobox(at)verysmall(dot)org>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "Too far out of the mainstream"
Date: 2012-09-04 17:35:51
Message-ID: CAOR=d=0ErVAw9HbEXnsCqHYPnrFb2CwxjWQAZgMTU3HLFR4akQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Mike Christensen <mike(at)kitchenpc(dot)com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Geert Mak <pobox(at)verysmall(dot)org> wrote:
>> I have been looking into heroku lately, they run on PostgreSQL -
>>
>> https://postgres.heroku.com/postgres
>
> Went out to lunch with a guy who worked for Redfin as well. I guess
> they're all Postgres over there too..

Since there's no reporting requirements for using postgresql
commercially etc, it's kind of a stealth database. It's all over the
place and nobody knows it. Meanwhile, finding qualified PostgreSQL
DBAs is pretty tough because of it's silent yet explosive growth in
usage.

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