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Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad?

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

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From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>
Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>, John DeSoi <desoi@pgedit.com>, Mark Woodward <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2006-05-18T18:41:47Z
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> Maybe a compatability layer isn't worth doing, but I certainly think
> it's very much worthwhile for the community to do everything possible to
> encourage migration from MySQL. We should be able to lay claim to most
> advanced and most popular OSS database.
>   

We'll do that by concentrating on spiffy features, not compatibility 
layers. I want people to use PostgreSQL because it's the best, not 
because it's just like something else.

cheers

andrew