Some people work that way. Other people do a more in-depth evaluation. The first group tends to end up with MySQL, the second with PostgreSQL. I'm painting with

Some people work that way. Other people do a more in-depth evaluation. The first group tends to end up with MySQL, the second with PostgreSQL. I'm painting with a broad brush here, there are situations where it might make more sense to use MySQL. It would be hard to argue that PostgreSQL is not successful. MySQL has a larger market share, but the PostgreSQL project is alive and thriving.