Re: [HACKERS] Changing the default configuration (was Re:
Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
To: "mlw" <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>,
"Greg Copeland" <greg@CopelandConsulting.Net>
Cc: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, "Merlin Moncure" <merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com>, "PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-02-12T02:47:12Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-performance
> >After it's all said and done, I would rather someone simply say, "it's > >beyond my skill set", and attempt to get help or walk away. That seems > >better than them being able to run it and say, "it's a dog", spreading > >word-of-mouth as such after they left PostgreSQL behind. Worse yet, > >those that do walk away and claim it performs horribly are probably > >doing more harm to the PostgreSQL community than expecting someone to be > >able to install software ever can. > > > <RANT> > > And that my friends is why PostgreSQL is still relatively obscure. Dude - I hang out on PHPBuilder's database forums and you wouldn't believe how often the "oh, don't use Postgres, it has a history of database corruption problems" thing is mentioned. Chris