| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Ned Lilly <ned(at)nedscape(dot)com>, PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Comparing databases |
| Date: | 2003-11-12 05:12:34 |
| Message-ID: | 3FB1C142.70802@commandprompt.com |
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>still, might be best to avoid that whole end of it if we can... the only
>database i think it stacks up against is mysql, maybe firebird, and spadb.
>your just not going to convince anyone they should go with postgresql due to
>mutliple support options and the oft chance that oracle/ibm/m$ might go
>under...
>
>
No but you might convince them stating that there is reliable company
level support for PostgreSQL.
I guess my point is, if you word it correctly it sounds (and is)
representative of a solid support
infrastructure which is a common misconception about Open Source... that
there isn't one.
Sincerely,
Joshua Drake
>although... what is the db that ibm recently dropped support for?
>
>Robert Treat
>
>
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