Re:PostgreSQL 13
by cookiecaper on Monday September 28, 2020 @01:55PM
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I should clarify. I'm not saying that Postgres is unworthy or that its adoption is fashion-driven -- it's part of the 5-10% that is driven by practicality. That is only the case now because, as you said, there is no fashionable conventional RDBMS anymore. It's all about transferring as much money as humanly possible to Jeff Bezos now. :)
The grandparent was asking what we can learn from Postgres in terms of driving adoption, as I understood it. And the reality is that most of Postgres's recent adoption uptick is because there really aren't many other options. It's not a good example of driving adoption in a crowded market, etc.
My apologies for being unclear before, and thanks for pointing it out so I can try to clarify.
Yes, Postgres adoption and development really picked up steam once Oracle acquired MySQL and quickly confirmed everybody's fears: they bought it primarily to ensure that MySQL stayed something of a "toy" database.
But the "fashion" thing is needless, insulting, and not even correct in my opinion. As far as mindless fashion trends in the industry go, traditional RDBMS's like Postgres are almost the antithesis of fashion.