Re: Oracle rant

On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 08:29, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote:
>
> > I'm just saying that there are
> >*some* small arcane details in postgres, too (although, at least, they
> >don't affect stability, just performance).
> >
> >
> Indeed you are right... Pg has its own collection of arcane details too,
> but hopefully the culture of Postgesql (in common with all open source
> projects) is to "expose and educate" rather than "confine to a group of
> the initiated".
>
> Does that sound better ? ( i.e no so rabid Oracle bashing)

Yes, sounds better. Seriously: I absolutely agree that Oracle is not
inclined to make it easier to use their product - after all, as was
said, they sell courses and certifications, while pg tries to be easy to
use. I just got the impression from the first few messages that some
people think that pg has no secret tricks you're supposed to know at
all. Experience counts. With all systems. (And knowing the secret tricks
is what experience comes down to, basically).

cheers
-- vbi

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