Re: Open Source Database article

Oh, that's interesting information. I've never had a reason to try Oracle, or
at least not enough of a reason to go through the install (though I have made
some half-hearted attempts). Every time I start looking at another database
to try out feature X (by feature I don't mean 1GB of client software), the
developers add it to Postgres.

And, yeah, it surprises me too sometimes what people will pay for... economics
is not an exact science :)

Regards,
Jeff

On Tuesday 17 September 2002 12:52 am, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> Jeff Davis wrote:
> >I'd like to point out that many people replied arguing against the autor's
> >statements, claiming that the commercial RDBMSs actually do support
> >standards, and also arguing that the other benefits of commercial RDBMSs
> >weren't mentioned.
> >
> >I'm not an Oracle DBA, so I don't know all the facts. But take what the
> >article says with a grain of salt, and check the facts.
>
> Being an Oracle Dba - but recovered now :-) I can say that 1 or 2
> comments were a little out of date ( Oracle does *now* - at last
> supports ansi joins) - but the general intent of the article is dead on !
>
> For 10 years or so, it never failed to astonish me that people would pay
> $$$$$$$ for a cd with Oracle on it ( ok - 3 cd's now) ... its great to
> be able to say - you dont have to - get Postgresql (or for that matter
> MySql/Firebird etc etc - but we prefer Postgresql here....) !
>
> Best wishes
>
> Mark
>
>
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