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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [GENERAL] Are we losing momentum?
From:       Bruce Momjian <pgman () candle ! pha ! pa ! us>
Date:       2003-05-31 2:26:10
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Done.  Added to 1.15) How can I financially assist PostgreSQL?

    <P>Also, if you have a success story about PostgreSQL, please submit
    it to our advocacy site at <a href="http://advocacy.postgresql.org">
    http://advocacy.postgresql.org</a>.


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Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We should probably put out an FAQ saying, if you have success story, please 
> make a write-up and send to us at http://advocacy.postgresql.org.
> 
>  Shridhar
> 
> On Tuesday 15 April 2003 18:42, Ericson Smith wrote:
> > As one of the top search engine campaign optimization companies in the
> > space, we here at Did-it.com have been using Postgresql for over a year
> > now. We had serious locking problems with MySQL and even switching to
> > their Innodb handler did not solve all the issues.
> >
> > As the DB administrator, I recommended we switch when it came time to
> > re-write our client platform. That we did, and we have not looked back.
> > We have millions of listings, keywords and we perform live visitor
> > tracking in our database. We capture on the order of about 1 million
> > visitors every day, with each hit making updates, selects and possibly
> > inserts.
> >
> > We could not have done this in mySQL. Basically when I see silly posts
> > over on Slashdot about MySQL being as good a sliced bread, you can check
> > out the debunking posts that I make as "esconsult1".
> >
> > Yes, perhaps Postgresql needs a central org that manages press and so
> > on, but we know that we dont get the press that MySQL does, but quietly
> > in the background Postgresql is handling large important things.
> >
> > - Ericson Smith
> > Web Developer
> > Db Admin
> > http://www.did-it.com
> 
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