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Well, I'm sure on a site about RDBMSes, you're gonna get some skewed results. In the wild, MySQL sees higher use than PostgreSQL. That said, as an old coworker
by 67726e 12y ago
Well, I'm sure on a site about RDBMSes, you're gonna get some skewed results. In the wild, MySQL sees higher use than PostgreSQL. That said, as an old coworker would say, MySQL is the PHP of RDBMSes. Ubiquitous, gets the job done, and works well mostly. Of course it does horrendous comparisons, conversions, and mutilations of data. Exactly the thing a database should not do.
- yxhuvud 12y agoUsage and popularity is not the same thing though, even if they are all to often conflated. I use MySQL and absolutely hate it.
- 67726e 12y agoWhen did I conflate the two? For that matter, how do you measure "popularity" of a piece of software? You could just as well say a piece of software is popular because everyone knows and loves it or because everyone uses it and hates it. Webster gives you "liked or enjoyed by many people" and "accepted, followed, used, or done by many people".
- robbles 12y agoI think yxhuvud is agreeing with you, as would I. The original poll is conflating the two concepts.
- untog 12y agoPopularity doesn't really mean "well liked" in this context, though.