[ossig] Interview with postgresql developers

["Mukhsein Johari" <mukhsein@email.com>]

http://www.osnews.com/printer.php?news_id=3341


Their very protective of their dbms! And they certainly to be annoyed at mySQL's popularity compared to postgres. :-)
Looks like the open source dbms 'market' is heating up - with these two top contenders but not forgetting SAP-DB (yes, _that_ SAP) and Firebird (source of naming controversy with mozilla.org).

I guess gone are the days when open source alternatives to 'business-centric' software like dbmses are not treated seriously. mySQL's popularity has really been quite phenomenal.

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4. The most popular of your competitors, mySQL, surely moves very fast in advancements and version 5 is expected next year. What are the plans for the next big version of PostgreSQL and how do you plan on coupling their advancements?

Josh: In terms of features MySQL isn't adding anything that PostgreSQL doesn't already have, and hasn't had for years.   We had transaction support 10 years before MySQL, mainframe ports 2 years before MySQL, and support for all types of subselects for the last 2 years, which MySQL still doesn't have working.

Robert: MySQL used to be faster than PostgreSQL across the board, but we've erased that difference and now it's only faster in certain corner cases at lower load levels.

Josh: The only things that MySQL has that we don't are ease of database admin for simple databases, which is something we're gradually incorporating, and a native Windows port, which we'll have this summer.

 Oh, and they have a paid marketing department, which I suppose gives them a certain edge (*wry grin*). 

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Regards,
Mukhsein Johari

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