| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Sim Zacks <sim(at)compulab(dot)co(dot)il> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Experiences with extensibility |
| Date: | 2008-01-09 08:06:45 |
| Message-ID: | 47848095.5050202@commandprompt.com |
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Sim Zacks wrote:
> We use postgresql because it is open source, we have in-house experience
> to deal with it so we don't have any extra support costs and we don't
> need the features that are offered in commercial products that
> PostGreSQL does not have. We also don't need the speed that commercial
> products offer that is missing in PostgreSQL.
I use PostgreSQL because it has a ton of features the closed source
products don't offer and is generally faster than the closed source
solutions.
Granted there are scenarios where others are FASTER (SELECT COUNT(*))
but I find that if you are doing those items, you normally have a weird
design anyway.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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