| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Oracle 10g Express - any danger for Postgres? |
| Date: | 2005-11-01 13:49:26 |
| Message-ID: | 24875.1130852966@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> On 10/31/2005 1:14 PM, Chris Browne wrote:
>> The fact that it appears "a joke" to people wanting to deploy big
>> databases doesn't prevent it from taking a painful bite out of, oh,
>> say, certain vendors that forgot to own their own transactional
>> storage engine...
> It's not a joke. It fits exactly the "small web application" needs. Who
> will want to pay for a commercial MySQL license when they can run Oracle
> for free?
People who can't figure out how to configure Postgres are not likely to
get far with Oracle ;-). Unless Oracle has made some *huge* strides in
ease of installation/administration with 10g, I see this making
practically no dent in MySQL. Or PG for that matter. All they're
really likely to accomplish is to cannibalize some of their own low-end
sales.
regards, tom lane
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