Here's a brief history of why we use MySQL:
Bomis' first database experience was using the software that runs
slashdot. At the time, it required MySQL (other databases are
supported now). So, we installed it. Our next database project
(Nupedia) was shortly thereafter, and we had no reason to learn a
whole different database setup. So, when Wikipedia came along, and we
decided to make it database-driven, it just didn't make sense to
change databases, especially since it would mean we would have to
change Nupedia to the new format.
Now, the programmer who wrote Nupedia (for the most part) is no longer
with Bomis. I'm not sure what, if any, MySQL specific properties
Nupedia uses (or Wikipedia, for that matter). I am not opposed to
installing a different database, but I can't really spend a lot of
time on the conversion of the software. Of course, it's not really my
decision anyway...
Jason Richey
Brion L. VIBBER wrote:
Oh, it's not like that hasn't been suggested.
If anybody knows how to go
about switching to Postgres, I sure as heck wouldn't object. I have no
emotional attachment to MySQL; as far as I know it's only being used
because Magnus was already familiar with it.
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"Jason C. Richey" <jasonr(a)bomis.com>