Re: Are we losing momentum?

Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
To: "Curt Sampson" <cjs@cynic.net>, "Brent Verner" <brent@rcfile.org>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-04-15T02:50:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> That's a pretty reasonable thought. I work for a shop that sells
> Postgres support, and even we install MySQL for the Q&D ticket tracking
> system we recommend because we can't justify the cost to port it to
> postgres. If the postgres support were there, we would surely be using it.
> 
> How to fix such a situation, I'm not sure. "MySQL Compatability Mode,"
> anyone? :-)

The real problem is PHP.  PHP is just the cruftiest language ever invented (trust me, I use it every day).  The PHP people are totally dedicated to MySQL, to the exclusion of all rational thought (eg. When I asked Rasmas at a conference about race conditions in his replicated setup, he replied "it's never going to happen - MySQL's replication is just too fast...).

Chris