Re: [ossig] Interview with postgresql developers

[Imran William Smith <iwsmith@mimos.my>]

MySQL is , IMHO, a great example of a successful
business model to show to venture capitalists -
give a company some money to build an OSS product
in a niche market, then when it's popular and
ubiquitous, dual license it.

I wonder if MySQL will start tightening up with
regards to registering the product etc, in
the same way Red Hat has.  The 'you have to
pay for MySQL if you put proprietary on it' message
has not got across very much yet.  People seem
surprised when I tell them.




Imran




Mukhsein Johari wrote:
> http://www.osnews.com/printer.php?news_id=3341
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> 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.
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> 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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Imran William Smith
Project Manager, Open Source Development,
MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia

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