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Re: [HACKERS] What can we learn from MySQL?

Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>

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From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>
To: pgsql@mohawksoft.com
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-04-24T17:10:01Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 16:36:57 -0400,
  pgsql@mohawksoft.com wrote:
> 
> Ease of use is VERY important, but few suggestions that address this are
> ever really accepted. Yes, focusing on the functionality is the primary
> concern, but "how" you set it up and deploy it is VERY important. You guys
> need to remember, people are coming from a world where MySQL, Oracle, and
> MSSQL all have nice setup programs.

"nice" must be in the eye of the beholder. I have used Oracle's installer
to install a client and was not amused by it need hundreds of megabtyes
to do a client install.