Interview With The PostgreSQL Team

Gentu writes "OSNews features an interview with some members of the PostgreSQL team regarding the much needed replication feature, their competition to MySQL, their future plans and a "native" Windows/.NET port."

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three line summary

[PSwim]

Being an avid PostgreSQL user, I was hoping for some interesting information in this article. Silly me.

The (sadly disappointing) three line summary:

• Replication is working. Kind of. (no details)
• PostgreSQL has lots of features.
• A windows port is scheduled for this summer.

Am I the only one that things the editors should've rejected this article?

What the Fuck?

[Moosbert]

I'm Peter Eisentraut, I'm quoted in this article, but I never knew I was doing an "interview".

Re:PostgreSQL to redefine databases

[mhesseltine]

Emphasis mine:

As far as MySQL goes, I have nothing against it. I grew up on Sybase and Oracle systems, so picking up PostgreSQL was easy as pie. I still haven't had enough motivation or time to pick up MySQL idiosyncracies. And I just don't see a future with MySQL or any other database like I see with PostgreSQL.

This, I think, is the key point. For those who have database experience, PostgreSQL is a fine database product. For those with no previous database experience, the power and terse nature of PostgreSQL is a hinderance.

I think that MySQL has done a better job of making an easy "starter" RDBMS. Is it the best thing on the planet? Probably not. If you start using MySQL and decide you're beating your head against the wall to do some particular thing, should you consider switching to PostgreSQL? Absolutely. Could the PostgreSQL people make it easier to start with? Sure.