On Jan 19, 2008 6:39 PM, Andrew Fountain <af@loveintruth.com> wrote:
It is the other way around: Cutler supported the *minority* platform because it would keep the code "honest" and not allow them to start relying on Intel-only hacks.
Yes, that is a worthy cause, but there are differences: - This is open source, not a commercial entity with lots of funding. People scratch their OWN itch. Someone else can scratch another itch. If, as a consultant, I deploy Drupal on MySQL exclusively, should I use PostgreSQL in-house just to side with the minority, or focus the limited resources I have on what matters to clients? - There was a third architecture that Windows NT supported: DEC Alpha, strangely enough from the company that Cutler came from where he designed VMS. All of the non-Intel architectures died after a very short life span, never mind the good intentions and idealism. Side point: Sun Microsystems invested heavily in PostgreSQL 2 or so years ago, and provided support for it. Now they turned around and bought MySQL for $1B. PostgreSQL is not a company that can be bought, but a community project/product (like Drupal). What will happen next? Time will tell.