Re: How to convince people to choose PostgreSQL over MySQL?
Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
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On 06/09/2017 11:58 AM, Tobias May wrote: > Mellow Greetings all, > > I'm a junior DBA and PostgreSQL-enthusiast. Last year I switched to a > company where they promised to me the opportunity to dive deeper into > PostgreSQL. > > At that time there was a lead developer, who was a > PostgreSQL-enthusiast, too. And there was an agreement that PostgreSQL > is the primary database backend for our product. Unfortunately she has > been frozen out by non-technical decision makers. Now there is only one > colleague and me (without authority to decide) left to advocate PostgreSQL. > > Most of the developers in the company are used to MySQL. Although they > seem to accept PostgreSQL some still subtly question the decision and > I'm feeling, that I have to constantly defend the decision for PostgreSQL. I suggest you try a different tack: ask the developers what they *specifically* don't like about PostgreSQL. It's quite possible that their issues are things you could easily help with -- like installing PostgreSQL on their laptops, or permissions. If you remove their main reasons to gripe, then things will be a lot easier. -- Josh Berkus Containers & Databases Oh My! -- Sent via pgsql-advocacy mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-advocacy