Jim C. Nasby wrote:
Maybe a compatability layer isn't worth doing, but I certainly think
it's very much worthwhile for the community to do everything possible to
encourage migration from MySQL. We should be able to lay claim to most
advanced and most popular OSS database.
We'll do that by concentrating on spiffy features, not compatibility
layers. I want people to use PostgreSQL because it's the best, not
because it's just like something else.
cheers
andrew
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