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I'm not doubting you, but do you have any sources for user counts for different database types? I get the same sense, but I wonder what the numbers are really l

• dijit 12y ago
  one of the issues in open source is that the numbers are very hard to quantify. I know, from personal experience that most large companies are using mysql, even if they use postgresql they're also using mysql for smaller things.. to give some examples the only company I ever worked in which used pgsql as a direct backing store and primary database still used mysql to manage it's internal documentation servers and caching systems (records used to keep track of what is cached inside of memcached). simply due to the ubiquity of the tools developed around mysql and the notion that you will never have a hard time finding a person with mysql experience causes people to choose mysql when designing new things. currently I'm getting a lot of force against postgresql adoption in my company, even though it makes complete sense for my project- the fact that "nobody understands it" and that "tooling exists behind mysql" is enough to keep the status-quo for a long time unless someone fights really hard (which I'm doing).
  • netcraft 12y ago
    I'm just afraid the anecdotal evidence and the "conventional wisdom" of mysql being the defacto standard is perpetuating the myth and fighting against the adoption. My experience is more mixed - most of the large companies I have worked with have used either mssql or oracle (the idea that if you don't pay for it how can it be worth anything is very strong).