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Ask HN: Now that Oracle owns Sun, do you think Postgres will take off
Be it based on fact or fiction, unix geeks are a finicky bunch. Do you think the adoption rate of Postgres will skyrocket due to the paranoia of unix geeks around the world and Oracle's potential to meddle?
- davidw 18y agoI don't care. I'll keep using Postgres whatever happens because it's the best thing out there as far as I'm concerned.
- noodle 18y agomaybe not skyrocket, but it will definitely tip some scales into the postgres side. there's going to be some movement.
- jpcx01 18y agoI'll switch. I use mysql only by convenience. Postgres seems better anyways.
- evgen 18y agoThose who already use Postgres are not going to switch to MySQL based on this. MySQL users who can see themselves hitting a substantial size (e.g. those who fear they may be herded in the direction of "upgrade to Oracle to get that particular feature you think MySQL lacks") will probably start giving Postgres a hard look. The website-in-a-box users are unlikely to even know that Oracle will own MySQL and are not going to change. The big question is how big is that middle category. I don't think it is particularly large now, but this is the time for the Postgres community to start getting aggressive in putting together new features, lowering the initial learning curve, and evangelizing their product.
- lsc 18y agoI think the installed userbase will be slow to move. In fact, this might strengthen Mysql's position amongst the larger, less technical users, however, I find it quite likely that we may see more activity either in the MySQL forks drizzle or maria, or in PostgreSQL, which may lead to MySQL eventually losing its lead.