Re: MySQL Licence change article - eweek

On Feb 24, 2004, at 1:14 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Guys,
>
> > > Article concerning licence changes especially wrt resellers
> > >   http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1531359,00.asp
> > > Mentions PG in passing
>
> Yes, I'm actually rather disappointed in this article because I 
> pointed the
> eWeek people to the blogs of several developers unhappy with the MySQL
> license changes, and they ignored that whole angle.

Hello,
I am personally working on a new column with a number of articles re: 
PHP and PostgreSQL.
There are a lot of PostgreSQL myths in the PHP world: aka "PostgreSQL  
is incredibly slow" or "hard to setup".

I do see MySQL gaining popularity among PHP developers despite the 
licensing issues. True, PHP 5 has SQLite embedded (okay
not a real database engine, but to many small websites it might fit the 
bill ) but the great majority of open source projects are offering the 
PHP/MySQL
combo or nothing.

I looked for a php wiki and there is really little working with 
PostgreSQL.  Phpbb has full PostgreSQL support which is pretty good. I 
wonder if we could do
something to change this.... on dotgeek.org we might organize a contest 
for a new PHP/PostgreSQL application?!

Cheers
David Costa


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